Abstract
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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 558-597 |
Number of pages | 40 |
Journal | American Quarterly |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1993 |
Keywords
- men
- women
- abolitionism
- slave women
- gender roles
- slave men
- masculinity
- white people