A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly
forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an
aberration, but a regular activity-and nearly extinguished the
Abolition movement. The 1830s were the most violent time in
American history outside of war. Men battled each other in the
streets in ethnic and religious conflicts, gangs of party henchmen
rioted at the ballot box, and assault and murder were common enough
as to seem unremarkable. The president who presided over the era,
Andrew Jackson, was himself a duelist and carried lead in his body
from previous gunfights. It all made for such a volatile atmosphere
that a young Abraham Lincoln said "outrages committed by mobs form
the every-day news of the times." The principal targets of mob
violence were abolitionists and black citizens, who had begun to
question the foundation of the U.S. economy - chattel slavery - and
demand an end to it. Led by figures like William Lloyd Garrison and
James Forten, the anti-slavery movement grew from a small band of
committed activists to a growing social force that attracted new
followers in the hundreds, and enemies in the thousands. Even in
the North, abolitionists faced almost unimaginable hatred, with
newspaper publishers, businessmen with a stake in the slave trade,
and politicians of all stripes demanding they be suppressed,
silenced or even executed. Carrying bricks and torches, guns and
knives, mobs created pandemonium, and forced the abolition movement
to answer key questions as it began to grow: Could nonviolence work
in the face of arson and attempted murder? Could its leaders stick
together long enough to build a movement with staying power, or
would they turn on each other first? And could it survive to last
through the decade, and inspire a new generation of activists to
fight for the cause? J.D. Dickey reveals the stories of these Black
and white men and women persevered against such threats to demand
that all citizens be given the chance for freedom and liberty
embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Their sacrifices and
strategies would set a precedent for the social movements to
follow, and lead the nation toward war and emancipation, in the
most turbulent era of our republic of violence.
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