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Women’s Rights and Transatlantic Antislavery in the Era of Emancipation (The David Brion Davis Series)

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Two epochal developments profoundly influenced the history of the Atlantic world between 1770 and 1870―the upward push of women’s rights activism and the drive to do away with chattel slavery. The contributors to this volume, eminent scholars from various disciplines, investigate the intertwining histories of abolitionism and feminism on both sides of the Atlantic all through this dynamic century of change. They light up the many ways that the two movements developed together and influenced one every other.
Approaching a variety of transnational topics, the authors ask how conceptions of slavery and gendered society differed in the US, France, Germany, and Britain; how women’s activism reached across national boundaries; how racial identities affected the boundaries of women’s activism; and what was once distinctive about African-American women’s participation as activists. Their thought-provoking answers provide wealthy insights into the history of struggles for social justice across the Atlantic world.

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