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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
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- The literature of the Negro in America is colossal, from political oratory through abolitionism to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Cotton is King"—a vast mass of books which many men have read to the waste of good years (and I among them); but the only books that I have read a second time or ever care again to read in the whole list (most of them by tiresome and unbalanced "reformers") are "Uncle Remus" and "Up from Slavery"; for these are the great literature of the subject.†
Chpt Intr.abolitionism = the belief that slavery should be abolished
- When Mr. Washington rose in the flag-filled, enthusiasm-warmed, patriotic, and glowing atmosphere of Music Hall, people felt keenly that here was the civic justification of the old abolition spirit of Massachusetts; in his person the proof of her ancient and indomitable faith; in his strong through and rich oratory, the crown and glory of the old war days of suffering and strife.†
Chpt 15
- And then he made his eloquent appeal to the consciences of the white Americans: "When you have gotten the full story of the heroic conduct of the Negro in the Spanish-American war, have heard it from the lips of Northern soldier and Southern soldier, from ex-abolitionist and ex-masters, then decide within yourselves whether a race that is thus willing to die for its country should not be given the highest opportunity to live for its country."†
Chpt 15abolitionist = a reformer who favored ending slavery
- In Birmingham, England, we were the guests for several days of Mr. Joseph Sturge, whose father was a great abolitionist and friend of Whittier and Garrison.†
Chpt 16
- It was a great privilege to meet throughout England those who had known and honoured the late William Lloyd Garrison, the Hon. Frederick Douglass, and other abolitionists.†
Chpt 16abolitionists = reformers who favored ending slavery
- The English abolitionists with whom we came in contact never seemed to tire of talking about these two Americans.†
Chpt 16 *
- Before going to England I had had no proper conception of the deep interest displayed by the abolitionists of England in the cause of freedom, nor did I realize the amount of substantial help given by them.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(abolition) the act of formally ending a system, practice, or institution -- most often used to refer to the movement to end slavery when no specific system is named
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)