Garrisonian Abolitionists and the Rhetoric of Gender, 1850-1860

Kristin Hoganson

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Garrisonian Abolitionists and the Rhetoric of Gender, 1850-1860

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Examines the Garrisonian abolitionists' use of the rhetoric of gender in their anti-slavery arguments in the United States between 1850 and 1860. Degenderization of slaves in the southern states; Slaves' representation of the ideals of manhood and womanhood as proof of essential humanity of the black people; Gender and political authority; Defects of the Garrisonian gender rhetoric.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	558-597
Number of pages	40
Journal	American Quarterly
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2713309
State	Published - Dec 1993

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Keywords

men
women
abolitionism
slave women
gender roles
slave men
masculinity
white people

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Hoganson, K. (1993). Garrisonian Abolitionists and the Rhetoric of Gender, 1850-1860. American Quarterly, 45(4), 558-597. https://doi.org/10.2307/2713309

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