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In his own words -- Northern responses -- Southern responses -- International responses

The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States was the most powerful and effective social movement of the nineteenth century and has served as a recurring source of inspiration for every subsequent struggle against injustice. But the abolitionist story has traditionally focused on the evangelical impulses of white, male, middle-class reformers, obscuring the contributions of many African Americans, women, and others. Prophets of Protest, the first collection of writings on abolitionism in more than a generation, draws on an immense new body of research in African American studies, litera

This paper reports on an investigation of the abilities of literates and adult nonreaders to recall and use information from a national network television news program. On a test of unaided recall of news stories the literates recalled 55% more stories than the nonreaders. On a multiple-choice test of information gain from the news program, the literates performed 63% better than the nonreaders. The samples were found to be virtually identical in their use of and opinions about television news. A control group of college students was given the information test without first seeing the news program and did no better than chance. The most important factor affecting recall was the length of time the story was on the air. Human interest stories were recalled much better by both groups than any other type of story. The level of performance among the adult nonreaders correlated highly with their reading levels.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Daniel Carpenter -- 1. The Abolitionist Imagination - Andrew Delbanco -- 2. Fighting the Devil with His Own Fire - John Stauffer -- 3. Did the Abolitionists Cause the Civil War? - Manisha Sinha -- 4. The Invisibility of Black Abolitionists - Darryl Pinckney -- 5. Abolition as Master Concept - Wilfred M. McClay -- 6. The Presence of the Past - Andrew Delbanco -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Index.