The Rise of Aggressive Abolitionism: Addresses to the SlavesUniversity Press of Kentucky - Political Science Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America's political institutions underwent radical changes as they adapted to comprehensive security reforms. While the media exhaustively covered new security protocols in the executive office, little attention was paid to other federal agencies and branches that overhauled their systems to accommodate heightened security requirements. As a congressional fellow living in Washington, D.C., Jocelyn Jones Evans was an eyewitness to the institutional culture of Capitol Hill before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as well as during the subsequent anthrax scare. In One Nation Under Siege: Congress, Terrorism, and the Fate of American Democracy, Evans uses her personal experiences as the foundation for a richly researched analysis of how Congress changed as an institution and a national symbol in the wake of 9/11. Evans reveals not only physical transformations but also internal policy shifts that threaten democracy by limiting citizens' access to their elected leaders. The only comprehensive study of the effects of terrorism on the nation's capital, One Nation Under Siege provides a detailed investigation of how the nation's intricate political system adapted in times of crisis. It covers an essential chapter in the social and political history of the United States. |
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... oppression of women , and the enslavement of African Americans . While advocates of temperance , public education , women's rights , and health reform argued that others in the North must change their views , so did those black and ...
... oppressors than remain in bondage . But he then warned them against initiating revolt . ' The period stretching from before the War for Independence to after the Civil War produced a huge and varied antisla- very literature that in turn ...
... oppression of women . + The response to the Addresses to the Slaves indicates that while this assess- ment is accurate to a degree , it misses the main point . In terms of aggressive action against slavery in the South , of an assertion ...
... oppression prevailed in spite of a political rhetoric that proclaimed equal rights for all men and universal freedom . Garnet observed of slavery , " Its throne is established , and now it reigns triumphantly . " 30 So Garnet , Smith ...
... oppressors . That this view was not simply racist myth is indicated by leading black abolitionist Frederick ... oppressive reality , abo- litionists struggled to conceptualize and implement a means of constructing an alternate reality ...
Contents
AMBIGUOUS MANIFESTOS | 17 |
CIRCUMSTANCES | 37 |
PROCEEDINGS | 53 |
GOALS AND REACTIONS | 71 |
ABOLITIONISTS AND SLAVES | 97 |
CONVERGENCE | 117 |
CONCLUSION | 137 |
ADDRESS OF THE ANTISLAVERY CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NEWYORK HELD IN PETERBORO JANUARY 19TH 1842 TO THE SL... | 149 |
RIGHTS OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE NATHANIEL E JOHNSON | 159 |
ADDRESS TO THE SLAVES OF THE UNITED STATES WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON | 165 |
AN ADDRESS TO THE SLAVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REJECTED BY THE NATIONAL CONVENTION 1848 HENRY HIG... | 175 |
A LETTER TO THE AMERICAN SLAVES FROM THOSE WHO HAVE FLED FROM AMERICAN SLAVERY GERRIT SMITH | 185 |
NOTES | 193 |
Bibliography | 219 |
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Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion [Two Volumes] ABC-CLIO, LLC,Harcourt Education No preview available - 2006 |