Symbols of freedom : slavery and resistance before the Civil War / Matthew J. Clavin.

Symbols of freedom : slavery and resistance before the Civil War / Matthew J. Clavin.

By
: 
Clavin, Matthew J.

Publication Date
: 
2023

Publication Information
: 
New York : New York University Press,

Physical Description
: 
xii, 273 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Signs and symbols -- History.
 
Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
 
National characteristics, American.
 
Antislavery movements.
 
Signs and symbols.
 
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term
: 
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
: 
In the early United States, the language and symbols of American freedom inspired enslaved people and their allies to wage a real and revolutionary war against slavery.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781479823246


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