为了奴隶的事业: 美国废奴运动史 (上下)

The American abolitionist movement, linked to waves of resistance across the Americas, Europe, and Africa, became a crucial component of the global revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries, and a precursor to the anti-colonial and civil rights movements of the 20th century. A large number of distinctive men and women participated in it, leaving behind many moving and thought-provoking stories. The protagonists of these stories could be political figures or movement leaders, or writers, pastors, editors, and slaves outside the political circle. They could come from prominent families or be unknown individuals. As Sinha, the author of this book, states: "The American abolitionist moment was not limited to the wartime emancipation movement, but unfolded in a century-long drama of law, politics, literature, and indigenous radicalism. To simply attribute slave emancipation to events triggered by military crises would be to neglect this long history." Sinha, the author of this book, has been hailed by The Wall Street Journal as an outstanding historian of the abolitionist movement with the same academic influence as Ira Berlin and Eric Foner. In her research, Sinha used records left by abolitionists in contemporary newspapers, books, pamphlets, as well as letters, diaries, and memoirs...