05748cam a2200589 i 4500 1224251633 OCoLC 20221229160540.0 201126t20222022mauac b 001 0deng d 9781328900241 (hardcover) 132890024X (hardcover) (OCoLC)1224251633 Harpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086 AJM n-us--- n-us-ma 973.711 Hirshman, Linda, 1944- https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98005179 author 12656 The color of abolition : how a printer, a prophet, and a contessa moved a nation / Linda Hirshman How a printer, a prophet, and a contessa moved a nation Boston ; New York : Mariner Books, [2022] ©2022 xviii, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Book tlcgt General tlctarget Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index Introduction: Meeting on Nantucket -- Part I: Allies Arise -- Printer Garrison Learns His Trade -- Manager Weston Chapman Comes of Age -- Garrison Will Be Heard -- The Enslaved Write Their History -- Frederick Douglass's History in Slavery -- Frederick Douglass's Escape -- Part II: Abolition Takes Root -- David Walker Appeals and Garrison Hears -- Starting the Black and White Antislavery Societies -- A National Movement Emerges -- The Liberator Will Be Read -- Maria Weston Chapman Takes the Reins -- Antislavery on the March -- Moral Garrison Splits with the Politicos -- Part III: The Grand Alliance at Work -- Douglas Joins Garrison -- The Façade and the Cracks in the Alliance -- Political Abolition Pulls on Garrisonians -- The Cracks Widen -- Douglass Writes and Garrison Publishes -- Frederick Douglass, International Superstar and Publisher -- Part IV: Douglass to the Political Side -- Slave Power Rises and Abolition Power Rises -- The Private Lives of Public Activists -- Compromise Makes Conflict Worse -- Douglass Recruits the Constitution -- Part V: Douglass and Garrison Divide -- The Political Divorce -- The Personal Divorce -- Epilogue: Three Meetings and a Funeral "The story of the fascinating, fraught alliance among Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman -- and how its breakup led to the success of America's most important social movement. In the crucial early years of the Abolition movement, the Boston branch of the cause seized upon the star power of the eloquent ex-slave Frederick Douglass to make its case for slaves' freedom. Journalist William Lloyd Garrison promoted emancipation while Garrison loyalist Maria Weston Chapman, known as "the Contessa," raised money and managed Douglass's speaking tour from her Boston townhouse. Conventional histories have seen Douglass's departure for the New York wing of the Abolition party as a result of a rift between Douglass and Garrison. But, as acclaimed historian Linda Hirshman reveals, this completely misses the woman in power. Weston Chapman wrote cutting letters to Douglass, doubting his loyalty; the Bostonian abolitionists were shot through with racist prejudice, even aiming the N-word at Douglass among themselves. Through incisive, original analysis, Hirshman convinces that the inevitable breakup was in fact a successful failure. Eventually, as the most sought-after Black activist in America, Douglass was able to dangle the prize of his endorsement over the Republican Party's candidate for President, Abraham Lincoln. Two years later the abolition of slavery -- if not the abolition of racism -- became immutable law." -- Provided by publisher Text in American English Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013236 12657 Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80045859 12658 Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86806293 12659 Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. fast (OCoLC)fst00049680 12657 1800-1899 fast 1709 Antislavery movements Massachusetts Boston https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015933 19th century. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 12660 Antislavery movements United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008685 History. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 12661 African American abolitionists. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94009241 12662 Abolitionists United States History 19th century. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009113345 12663 Racism Political aspects United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010109284 History 19th century. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 12664 Antislavery movements. fast (OCoLC)fst00810800 12665 Racism Political aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01086627 12666 Massachusetts Boston. fast (OCoLC)fst01205012 12667 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 49 United States Massachusetts Suffolk Boston United States New York (State) New York .b173533723 ddc BOOK 28605 28605 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2022-12-29 28.00 973.7 HIRS 64079 2022-12-29 2022-12-29 BOOK 1