For the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; here is a collection of writings that charts our nation’s long; heroic confrontation with its most poisonous evil. It’s an inspiring moral and political struggle whose evolution parallels the story of America itself. To advance their cause; the opponents of slavery employed every available literary form: fiction and poetry; essay and autobiography; sermons; pamphlets; speeches; hymns; plays; even children’s literature. This is the first anthology to take the full measure of a body of writing that spans nearly two centuries and; exceptionally for its time; embraced writers black and white; male and female. Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Paine; Phillis Wheatley; and Olaudah Equiano offer original; even revolutionary; eighteenth century responses to slavery. With the nineteenth century; an already diverse movement becomes even more varied: the impassioned rhetoric of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison joins the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe; Louisa May Alcott; and William Wells Brown; memoirs of former slaves stand alongside protest poems by John Greenleaf Whittier; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; and Lydia Sigourney; anonymous editorials complement speeches by statesmen such as Charles Sumner and Abraham Lincoln. Features helpful notes; a chronology of the antislavery movement; and a16-page color insert of illustrations.
#278233 in Books 2010-08-16 2010-08-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x .31 x 9.50l; 1.20 #File Name: 1596299401176 pages
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful. Would we leave works by Picasso or Monet to rot like this?By R. MacThis really is a wonderful book.Why?Because it does something that so few books do.Each building has its own section. There is a lot of information. The early history of a building is detailed; as well as its great era; slow decline; and byzantine story about its ruination (I think each building has a byzantine ruination story).There are also lots-o-pictures. Again; showing each building in a pristine state - all the better to make you GASP at the current images.The book is VERY depressing but through no fault of the author. It's just simply tragic that we as a culture would allow the utter destruction of such architectural gems. This never fails to amaze me. It's heart-rending.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Treasures LostBy Dan'lAs a former Detroiter; I liked the depth of the histories and the stories about each building. I probably made a mistake in reading this on a Kindle because all of the photos were BW and of reduced size so that much of their detail was lost. The book could have benefited from a more standardized set of recent photos of each building - by that I mean front; back; sides of each plus an overhead shot of the building and area to show the buildings' layout on the property and proximity to other buildings and neighborhoods; a map of each area would also have helped. This would have made it easier to understand the narrative. Pictures of the original buildings are of course limited to what's available and those are excellent; but a detailed format for new pictures would have helped my understanding and enjoyment of the stories.19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. EXCELLENT history and photos!By CustomerAs a lifelong Detroiter; I found this book to be not only informative but depressing as well. I am excited to see interior photos of buildings that I may never have been afforded the chance to see but it saddens me that the demise of these great buildings has gotten so desperate. The books tells the great story of the building and adds many details and information about what the building once appeared to be. This will be a coffee table book addition in my house!
