Lyrical liberators : the American antislavery movement in verse, 1831-1865 /
edited by Monica Pelaez.
- xvi, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration (some color) ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-358) and indexes.
Introduction -- Calls for action -- The murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy -- Fugitive slaves -- The assault on Senator Charles Sumner -- John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry -- Slaves and death -- Slave mothers -- The South -- Equality -- Freedom -- Atonement -- Wartime -- Emancipation, the Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment.