The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race
- ISBN-10
- 0674013670
- ISBN-13
- 9780674013674
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-03-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- John Stauffer
Description
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.
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