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Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life

ePub Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life by Cara Caddoo in History

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William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879); outstanding among the dedicated fighters for the abolition of slavery; was also an activist in other movements such as women's and civil rights and religious reform. Never tiring in battle; he was "irrepressible; uncompromising; and inflammatory." He antagonized many; including some of his fellow reformers. There were also many who loved and respected him. But he was never overlooked.His letters; a source of the first magnitude; begin in 1822; when Garrison was seventeen; and end in 1879; the year of his death. They offer an insight into the mind and life of an outstanding figure in American history; a reformer-revolutionary who sought radical changes in the institutions of his day--in the relationship of the races; the rights of women; the nature and role of religion and religious institutions; and the relations between the state and its citizens; and who; perhaps more than any other single individual; was ultimately responsible for the emancipation of the slaves.Garrison's letters are also; sui generis; important as the expression of a vigorous writer; whose letters reflect his strength of character and warm humanity; and who appears here not only as the journalist; the reformer; and the leader of men; but also as the loving husband and father; the devoted son and son-in-law; the staunch friend; and the formidable opponent.Included in this well illustrated first volume are Garrison's letters from the earliest known--one to his mother during his apprenticeship--through the 1831 founding of his famous newspaper; The Liberator; the founding in 1832 and 1833 of the New England and the American Anti-Slavery Societies; his first trip to England to meet with British abolitionists; his courtship and marriage; and his being dragged through the streets of Boston by a mob out to tar and feather the British abolitionist George Thompson.


#1393528 in Books imusti 2014-10-13Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.57 x 1.03 x 6.35l; .0 #File Name: 0674368053304 pagesHarvard University Press


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Michael A. HernandezExcellent read and enlightening perspective.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. looks to be an excellentBy Richard C. Jonesjust received the book and will read it on bus trip to the south; looks to be an excellent read1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ThisBy Barnard CollierYou have no idea how fascinating the pre-Hollywood film scene in America was; nor any notion that it was built and dominated for years by brave; brilliant and adept movie makers who used the building of African-membership churches as the theater for films that drew Sunday-go-to-meetin' crowds and were a platform for African-American envisioning of past and future. Great characters you never dreamed actually existed; brilliantly told with wit and humor and scrupulous history by Cara Caddo; plus fascinating pictures. This is the big film that Spike Lee can embellish his career with. Harvard Press was so smart to publish it.

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