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Antislavery Discourse and Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Incendiary Pictures
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Antislavery Discourse and Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines the relationship between antislavery texts and emerging representations of "free labor" in mid-nineteenth-century America. Husband shows how the images of families split apart by slavery, circulated primarily by women leaders, proved to be the most powerful weapon in the antislavery cultural campaign and ultimately turned the nation against slavery. She also reveals the ways in which the sentimental narratives and icons that constituted the "family protection campaign" powerfully influenced Americans sense of the role of government, gender, and race in industrializing America. Chapters examine the writings of ardent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, non-activist sympathizers, and those actively hostile to but deeply immersed in antislavery activism including Nathaniel Hawthorne. -- Provided by publisher
Keywords
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social reformers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Slavery in literature; Protest literature, American -- History and criticism; Labor -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Industrialization -- United States -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century; Working class -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780230621480
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
City
Basingstoke
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Disciplines
Modern Languages | Modern Literature
Object Description
xii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Husband, Julie, "Antislavery Discourse and Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Incendiary Pictures" (2010). Faculty Book Gallery. 395.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/395
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