{"product_id":"the-most-absolute-abolition-runaways-vigilance-committees-and-the-rise-of-revolutionary-abolitionism-1835-1861-hardback-9780807177303","title":"The Most Absolute Abolition; Runaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861 (Hardback) 9780807177303","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Most Absolute Abolition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRunaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJesse Olsavsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807177303\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages, 6 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.151 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJesse Olsavsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Most Absolute Abolition\u003c\/i\u003e tells the dramatic story of how vigilance committees organized the Underground Railroad and revolutionized the abolitionist movement. These groups, based primarily in northeastern cities, defended Black neighborhoods from police and slave catchers. As the urban wing of the Underground Railroad, they helped as many as ten thousand refugees, building an elaborate network of like-minded sympathizers across boundaries of nation, gender, race, and class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlsavsky reveals how the committees cultivated a movement of ideas animated by a motley assortment of agitators and intellectuals, including famous figures such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Henry David Thoreau, who shared critical information with one another. Formerly enslaved runaways—who grasped the economy of slavery, developed their own political imaginations, and communicated strategies of resistance to abolitionists—serve as the book's central focus. The dialogues between fugitives and abolitionists further radicalized the latter's tactics and inspired novel forms of feminism, prison reform, and utopian constructs. These notions transformed abolitionism into a revolutionary movement, one at the heart of the crises that culminated in the Civil War.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702257283352,"sku":"9780807177303","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-most-absolute-abolition-runaways-vigilance-committees-and-the-rise-of-revolutionary-abolitionism-1835-1861-hardback-9780807177303","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}