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Cloud Tapper, Suzanne

The Abolition of Slavery: Fighting for a Free America

128 pp. | Enslow | December, 2006 | Library ISBN 0-7660-2605-1 $31.93
(4) 4-6 American Saga series. This book traces the rise of abolitionism as a political force. The author introduces some of the major figures of the antislavery movement (e.g., Elijah Lovejoy, Wendell Phillips, Levi Coffin, Harriet Beecher Stowe), whose writing, oratory, and organizational skill helped lead to emancipation. The text, which includes sidebars, is dry but informative. Reproductions and maps illustrate the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

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