 | Abolition’s Public Sphere Subjects: Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- Public Relations; Antislavery movements -- United States -- Public opinion; Publicity -- History -- 19th century; Public opinion -- United States; Robert Fanuzzi illustrates how the dissemination of abolitionist tracts served to create an OC imaginary publicOCO that promoted and provoked the discussion of slavery. He critically examines the writings of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, and Sarah and Angelina Grimke, and their massive abolition publicity campaign geared to an audience of white male citizens, free black noncitizens, women, and the enslaved." |
