Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. Unlike most other white abolitionists who viewed slavery in more abstract and constitutional terms, Garrett, like free black abolitionists and the slaves themselves, saw slavery in very personal terms. He believed so strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape that he chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence when force seemed to be the only way to win freedom for ...
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Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. Unlike most other white abolitionists who viewed slavery in more abstract and constitutional terms, Garrett, like free black abolitionists and the slaves themselves, saw slavery in very personal terms. He believed so strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape that he chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence when force seemed to be the only way to win freedom for the slaves he was trying to help. When he died in 1871, Wilmingtons black community saluted him as their Moses.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Moylan: Whimsie Press, 1977. Stated first edition. Signed by McGowan on front flyleaf. Light scattered foxing to page edges, else a crisp, tight, clean copy. Full red cloth binding. ix, 181pp. Unclipped jacket has just a bit of soiling; offered now in a new mylar cover. More than 2700 runaway slaves passed through Thomas Garrett's house in Wilmington, Delaware on their way to freedom. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
