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The Black Hearts of Men : Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race
The Black Hearts of Men Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race Author:John Stauffer Drawing on the largest extant bi-racial correspondence in the Civil War era, this book braids together Gerrit Smith, Frederick Douglass, James McCune Smith, and John Brown's struggles to reconcile ideals of justice with the reality of slavery and oppression. As the nation headed toward armed conflict, these men waged their own war by establi... more »shing model interracial communities, forming a new political party, and embracing a malleable and "black-hearted" self that was capable of violent revolt against a slaveholding nation.« less