| Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery Contributor(s): Sterling, Dorothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393311317 ISBN-13: 9780393311310 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: In the years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement's chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radical member. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 5.6" W x 8.54" (1.36 lbs) 484 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the tumultuous years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement's chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radial member. She traveled hundreds of miles to awaken the country to the evils of slavery, braving hardship and prejudice as well as opening the way for other women, black and white, to take leadership roles. Now the full story of this principled woman has been told in Dorothy Sterling's compelling biography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sterling, Dorothy: - Dorothy Sterling (1913--2008) was a native New Yorker who lived for many years on Cape Cod in Wellfleet. She made many trips to Nantucket, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and Long Island. She was a painstaking and thorough researcher with a long list of natural history, biography, and fiction books to her credit. |