Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A mildly shelfworn edition that is otherwise Fine.

In the mid-nineteenth century, a movement to abolish slavery was growing in America. The Anti-Slavery Crusade: a Chronicle of the Gathering Storm tells the story of this movement from its earliest days to its dramatic climax. Jesse MacY tells the story of abolitionists such as Thaddeus Stevens, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass, as well as of the politicians and activists who helped bring about the end of slavery. The book is also a vivid history of the American South, from the plantation era to the days of the Reconstruction Era.; 8vo; 245 pages.