The magnificent activist
the writings of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
About this book
"Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a minister, was also a groundbreaking activist at the forefront of the social movements reshaping nineteenth-century society. At the same time he was a leading literary presence whose writings ranged from passionate polemics to sensitive studies of the natural world - and spoke to readers both in his time and in ours."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
African American ParticipationCivil rightsHistory and criticismAmerican literaturePolitical and social viewsUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865Women's rightsSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansAntislavery movementsHistoryNew York Times reviewedCollected works (single author, multi-form)