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Young Abolitionists: Children of the Antislavery Movement

Michaël Roy

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Children were a vital presence in the US abolition movement. During the antebellum period, several abolitionist figures, including William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator; Susan Paul, an African American primary school teacher; Henry Clarke Wright, a white reformer; and Frederick Douglass, the internationally renowned activist, consistently appealed to the sympathies of children against slavery. In 1835, Garrison proclaimed, “If . . . we desire to see our land delivered from the curse of PREJUDICE and SLAVERY, we must direct our efforts chiefly to the rising generation.” His call did not go unheeded. Young abolitionists recited antislavery speeches at school; they joined juvenile antislavery societies; they assisted in the editing of antislavery newspapers and in aiding fugitive slaves; they attended antislavery fairs and participated in programs to honor the memory of John Brown; they raised money to finance antislavery lecturers’ international travels; they even signed antislavery petitions, testing the limits of their citizenship. With the help of parents and teachers, children—Black and white alike—acted in concrete ways against the slave system and made a meaningful contribution toward its demise. Young Abolitionists sheds light on their little-known activism.

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hal-04362938 , version 1 (23-12-2023)

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Michaël Roy. Young Abolitionists: Children of the Antislavery Movement. New York University Press, In press, 9781479830091. ⟨hal-04362938⟩
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