The Road to Abolition?
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-01 - Publisher: NYU Press

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At the start of the twenty-first century, America is in the midst of a profound national reconsideration of the death penalty. There has been a dramatic decline
The Ragged Road to Abolition
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: James J. Gigantino II
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-15 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Contrary to popular perception, slavery persisted in the North well into the nineteenth century. This was especially the case in New Jersey, the last northern s
The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: James Oakes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-12 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Finalist for the 2022 Lincoln Prize An award-winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincoln’s antislavery strategies. The long and turning path to
South to Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Alice L Baumgartner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-10 - Publisher: Basic Books

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A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad t
Bury the Chains
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: Adam Hochschild
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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This is the story of a handful of men, led by Thomas Clarkson, who defied the slave trade and ignited the first great human rights movement. Beginning in 1788,