American Slavery As It Is

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552 pp., 6 x 9, 2 illus.

Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-6957-4
Published: September 2011
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-6958-1
Published: September 2011
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4323-4
Published: September 2011

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Compiled by a prominent abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld, American Slavery As It Is combines information taken from witnesses, and from active and former slave owners, to generate a condemnation of slavery from both those who observed it and those who perpetuated it. The narrative describes the appalling day-to-day conditions of the over 2,700,000 men, women and children in slavery in the United States. Weld demonstrates how even prisoners--in the United States and in other countries--were significantly better fed than American slaves. Readers will find one of the most meticulous records of slave life available in this text. Unlike personal slave narratives, which focus on a single man or woman's experience, American Slavery details the overall conditions of slaves across multiple states and several years.

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Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895), a dedicated reformer and abolitionist, compiled American Slavery As It Is to serve as a powerful and detailed abolitionist tract.
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