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The republic of violence : the tormented rise of abolition in Andrew Jackson's America / J. D. Dickey

Author
Dickey, Jeff
Published
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First Pegasus Books edition.
Physical Description
xxiii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Contents
Introduction -- Roll, lava tide -- Weapons of light and truth -- The other confederacy -- Tried as by fire -- The incubus -- The torch of disaffections -- Laying on violent hands -- Trojan wars -- The whole armor of God -- Stagger them greatly -- Heart burnings -- The world upside down -- Crashing unanimity.
Summary
"The 1830s were the most violent time in American history outside of war. Men battled each other in the streets in ethnic and religious conflicts, gangs of party henchmen rioted at the ballot box, and assault and murder were common enough as to seem unremarkable. The president who presided over the era, Andrew Jackson, was himself a duelist and carried lead in his body from previous gunfights. The principal targets of mob violence were abolitionists and black citizens, who had begun to question the foundation of the U.S. economy -- chattel slavery -- and demand an end to it. Led by figures like William Lloyd Garrison and James Forten, the anti-slavery movement grew from a small band of committed activists to a growing social force that attracted new followers in the hundreds, and enemies in the thousands... J.D. Dickey reveals the stories of these Black and white men and women persevered against such threats to demand that all citizens be given the chance for freedom and liberty embodied in the Declaration of Independence."--
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ISBN
9781643139289 (hardcover)
1643139282 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Endowment Note
Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund
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