The texts included in this anthology illustrate the wide range of possibilities that abolitionist writings offered to American children during the first half of the nineteenth century. Composing their works under the wings of the antislavery movement, authors responded to the unequal and controversial development of abolitionist politics during the decades that led up to the outbreak of the Civil War. These writers struggled to teach children ‘to feel right, ‘ and attempted to instruct them to actively respond to the injustice of the slavery system as rendered visible by a harrowing visual archive of suffering bodies compiled by both English and American antislavery promoters.
Reading was equated with knowledge and knowledge was equated with moral responsibility, and therefore reading about ‘the abominations of slavery’ became an act of emotional personal transformation. Children were thus turned into powerful agents of political change and potential activists to spread the abolitionist message. Invited to comply with a higher law that entailed the breaking of their nation's edicts, they were morally rewarded by the Christian God and approvingly applauded by their elders for their violation of these same American regulations. These texts enclosed immeasurable value for young nineteenth-century Americans to fulfill a more democratic and egalitarian role in their future. Undoubtedly, abolitionist writings for children took away American children's innocence and transformed them into juvenile abolitionists and empowered compassionate citizens.
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The Slave’s Little Friends [EPUB ebook]
American Antislavery Writings for Children
The Slave’s Little Friends [EPUB ebook]
American Antislavery Writings for Children
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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 446 ● ISBN 9788491349600 ● Tamanho do arquivo 23.1 MB ● Editor Carme Manuel ● Editora Publicacions de la Universitat de València ● Cidade Valencia ● País ES ● Publicado 2022 ● Edição 1 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 8366611 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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