The Slave's Cause
2016-04-16T21:01:00-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/cde/20160416210618002_hd.jpgManisha Sinha talked about her book The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, in which she contends that the common profile of the abolitionist population, mainly white and middle and upper-class, was wrong. Instead, the author reports that a large contingent of white and black, free and enslaved, people not only championed abolition but also feminism, labor rights, and anti-imperialism.
Manisha Sinha talked about her book The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, in which she contends that the common profile of the… read more
Manisha Sinha talked about her book The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, in which she contends that the common profile of the abolitionist population, mainly white and middle and upper-class, was wrong. Instead, the author reports that a large contingent of white and black, free and enslaved, people not only championed abolition but also feminism, labor rights, and anti-imperialism. close
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