William Lloyd Garrison
The Abolitionist

A detailed and sympathetic biography of prominent American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), first published in 1891.

Archibald Henry Grimké (Author)

9781108021012, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

412 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]