The Agitator and the Politician: William Lloyd Garrison, Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation of the Slaves

by Macdougall, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781598861204
• ISBN10: 1598861204
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises

Summary

The Agitator and the Politician is a non-fictional account of the lives of two men who were central figures in the emancipation of the slaves in the United States. Following the careers of William Lloyd Garrison and Abraham Lincoln, the book shows the dramatically contrasting points of view of the radical abolitionist and the conservative politician. Author Robert MacDougall invites any reader who is interested in the anti-slavery movement and the American Civil War to analyze the reasons for the differing perspectives of these two men, and to appreciate the ironies that lay in the process through which each arrived at the momentous climax of both of their efforts ? the abolition of American slavery.

Author Biography

Robert MacDougall is a retired Social Studies teacher and Humanities Department Chairman at Tewksbury Memorial High School in Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Two Young Americans, 1831	p. 11
The Prairie Politician, 1831-1844	p. 25
The Radical Agitator, 1831-1844	p. 49
By The Fruit the Tree is to be Known, 1844-1850	p. 79
The Slave Power Conspiracy, 1850-1859	p. 109
An Idea Whose Time Has Come, 1859-1865	p. 141
Summary and Conclusion	p. 209
Timeline	p. 215
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 221
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 223
Notes	p. 233
Index	p. 239
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