"While much is known about the white men and women who were involved in the anti-slavery movement, the black abolitionists have been largely ignored. This book, written by one of America's leading blac"

}While much is known about the white men and women who were involved in the anti-slavery movement, the black abolitionists have been largely ignored. This book, written by one of Americas leading black historians, sets the record straight. As Benjamin Quarles shows, blacks were anything but passive in the abolitionist movement. Many of the pioneers of abolition were black; dozens of black preachers and writers actively promoted the cause; black organizations were founded to support their brothers; black ambassadors for freedom crossed the Atlantic; blacks were instrumental in the operation of the Underground Railroad. Quarles puts it eloquently: To the extent that America had a revolutionary tradition [the black American] was its protagonist no less than its symbol. }

Abolitions New Breed
Black Sowers of the Word
New Tissue for a Broken Body
Pulpit and Press
The Users of Adversity
Duet with John Bull
The Black Underground
The Politics of Freedom
Protests New Prophets
Shock Therapy and Crisis
Note on Bibliographical Literature