Author: Lydia Maria ChildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1850
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act
Author: Lydia Maria ChildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1850
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act
Author: Lydia Maria ChildPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734022339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act by Lydia Maria Child
The Fugitive Slave Bill; Or, God's Laws Paramount to the Laws of Men
Author: Nathaniel ColverPublisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Duty of Disobedience to Wicked Laws
Author: Charles BeecherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1850
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Captive's Quest for Freedom
Author: R. J. M. BlackettPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108418716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.
The Fugitive Slave Law and It's Victims (Illustrated)
Author: American Anti-Slavery SocietyPublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3730989669
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted by Congress in September, 1850, received the signature of HOWELL COBB, [of Georgia,] as Speaker of the House of Representatives, of WILLIAM R. KING, [of Alabama,] as President of the Senate, and was "approved," September 18th, of that year, by MILLARD FILLMORE, Acting President of the United States. The authorship of the Bill is generally ascribed to James M. Mason, Senator from Virginia. Before proceeding to the principal object of this tract, it is proper to give a synopsis of the Act itself, which was well called, by the New York Evening Post, "An Act for the Encouragement of Kidnapping." It is in ten sections.
Civil Disobedience
Author: Henry David ThoreauPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775412466
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war. He believed that people could not be made agents of injustice if they were governed by their own consciences.
Slavery in Massachusetts
Author: Henry David ThoreauPublisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368417597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Slavery in Massachusetts is a classis essay by the great American writer, naturalist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau based on a speech he gave at an anti-slavery rally at Framingham, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1854, after the re-enslavement in Boston, Massachusetts of fugitive slave Anthony Burns. Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, yogi, [3] and historian. A leading transcendentalist, [4] Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to practical detail.[5] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.
Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave
Author: Henry WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Underground Railroad and the Geography of Violence in Antebellum America
Author: Robert H. ChurchillPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108489125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A new interpretation of the Underground Railroad that places violence at the center of the story.