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- American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Fractures and Continuities
- Chapter 2 Hemisphere
- Chapter 3 Empire
- Chapter 4 Economy
- Chapter 5 Religion
- Chapter 6 Nature
- Chapter 7 Removal
- Chapter 8 Abolition
- Part II Forms and Formats
- Part III Authors and Figures
- Index
Chapter 8 - Abolition
from Part I - Fractures and Continuities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2022
- American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Fractures and Continuities
- Chapter 2 Hemisphere
- Chapter 3 Empire
- Chapter 4 Economy
- Chapter 5 Religion
- Chapter 6 Nature
- Chapter 7 Removal
- Chapter 8 Abolition
- Part II Forms and Formats
- Part III Authors and Figures
- Index
Summary
This essay examines the literary emergence radical abolitionism in the context of the national, hemispheric, and transatlantic circulation of print. It begins with an overview of the present state of literary scholarship on abolitionist writing and then goes on to analyze several interrelated historical-textual events occurring around 1830. They include the publication of David Walker’s Appeal, William Lloyd Garrison’s emergence as an abolitionist editor and spokesperson, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, and the Jamaican uprising of 1831–32.
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- American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860 , pp. 120 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022