Ahead of Her Time by Dorothy Sterling - ISBN: 9780393311310
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“[The author] tells this remarkable story with honesty and compassion. Readers will find a wealth of new information not only about Kelley’s outstanding contribution to abolitionism but about the movements to bring about the end of slavery and to advance the cause of women.” —Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University

Ahead of Her Time

Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery

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  • Paperback

    484 pages

  • Release Date

    8 January 2010

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Summary

In the tumultuous years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement’s chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radial member. She traveled hundreds of miles to awaken the country to the evils of slavery, braving hardship and prejudice as well as opening the way for other women, black and white, to take leadership roles. Now the full …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393311310
ISBN-10:0393311317
Author:Dorothy Sterling
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:484
Release Date:8 January 2010
Weight:612g
Dimensions:211mm x 140mm x 20mm
About The Author

Dorothy Sterling

Dorothy Sterling is a native New Yorker now living on Cape Cod in Wellfleet. She has made many trips to Nantucket, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Long Island. She is a painstaking and thorough researcher with a long list of natural history, biography, and fiction books to her credit.

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