PDF Perspectives from the Past; Vol. 1; 5th Edition: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations - From the Ancient Near East through the Age of Absolutism by James M. Brophy; Joshua Cole; John Robertson; Thomas Max Safley; Carol Symes in History

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A fresh and provocative contribution . . . . the clearest; most penetrating; and best-informed study of the post-1830 antislavery movement that exists. ―Richard Bardolph; North Carolina Historical Review"In this small but elegant book; Professor Walters approaches the interpretation of antislavery from a fresh vantage point . . . he asks new questions of old sources and comes up with novel and convincing interpretations . . [He] has allowed us to see antislavery as an organic outgrowth of American values and institutions." ―Gerda Lerner; New York Historical Society Quarterly"Penetrating insights are sprinkled generously throughout; and monographic studies of abolitionism should take a new turn; now that Walters has shown how to perceive it in terms of symbols; perception; culture in general." ―Aileen S. Kraditor; Journal of Southern History"A masterful picture of the milieu in which [antislavery] operated." ―Robert V. Sparks; New England Quarterly"[A] wide-ranging; scintillatingly written analysis of abolitionist thought; perception; and feeling. Like all highly original; interdisciplinary ventures in scholarship; The Antislavery Appeal is bound to provoke controversy even as it stimulates thinking in many new directions . . . . All [scholars] will thank him for enlivening and enriching the study of pre-Civil War reform." ―James brewer Stewart; Wisconsin Magazine of History