William Lloyd Garrison: The Abolitionist

by Archibald Henry Grimké

Overview

Archibald Grimké (1849–1930) was an American lawyer, politician and black civil rights activist. He was the son of a white plantation owner and a slave, and was born a slave himself. Aided by his father's abolitionist sisters, he graduated from Lincoln University, and in 1874 attended Harvard Law School. He then practised as a barrister in Boston, campaigning for black civil rights and writing many essays and articles concerning black history. This volume, first published in 1891, contains Grimké's biography of the prominent American abolitionist and social reformer William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879). Grimké discusses Garrison's considerable influence in the campaign for immediate emancipation, providing details on his early life and his position as editor of the leading abolitionist newspaper The Liberator. This sympathetic biography provides valuable insights into Garrison's life and his standing among contemporary civil rights campaigners in the years after emancipation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108021012
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/21/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Dedication; Preface; 1. The father of the man; 2. The man hears a voice: Samuel, Samuel!; 3. The man begins his ministry; 4. The hour and the man; 5. The day of small things; 6. The heavy world is moved; 7. Master strokes; 8. Colorphobia; 9. Agitation and repression; 10. Between the acts; 11. Mischief let loose; 12. Flotsam and jetsam; 13. The barometer continues to fall; 14. Brotherly love fails, and ideas abound; 15. Random shots; 16. The pioneer makes a new and startling departure; 17. As in a looking glass; 18. The turning of a long lane; 19. Face to face; 20. The death-grapple; 21. The last; Index.