Radical Abolitionism: Anarchy and the Government of God in Antislavery Thought

by Lewis Perry

A reappraisal of Abolitionist thought in America, the author focuses on the religious, anarchist, and politically radical thought of various groups, including the New England Non-Resistance Society, and the Liberty Party.

Genres: History

344 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Lewis Perry is John Francis Bannon, S.J., Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Saint Louis University. His previous books have dealt with anarchism, antislavery movements, American intellectual life, and moral problems in history. He lives in St. Louis, MO.

Reviews

[J.W. Isham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perry opens wide all the messiness, ambiguity, zeal, and encouraging anecdotes of the anarcho-abolitionists. Phenomenal and painful.

[Craig Bolton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Radical abolitionism; anarchy and the government of God in antislavery thought by Lewis Perry (1973)