{"product_id":"an-appeal-in-favor-of-that-class-of-americans-called-africans-revised-and-updated-edition-9781625347732","title":"An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans: Revised and Updated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lydia Maria Child\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in Boston in 1833, Lydia Maria Child's \u003ci\u003eAn Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans\u003c\/i\u003e provided the abolitionist movement with its first full-scale analysis of race and enslavement. Controversial in its own time, the \u003ci\u003eAppeal\u003c\/i\u003e surveyed the institution of slavery from historical, political, economic, legal, racial, and moral perspectives and advocated for the immediate emancipation of the enslaved without compensation to their enslavers. By placing American slavery in historical context and demonstrating how slavery impacted-and implicated-Americans of all regions and races, the \u003ci\u003eAppeal\u003c\/i\u003e became a central text for the abolitionist movement that continues to resonate in the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated edition is enhanced by Carolyn L. Karcher's illuminating introduction, a chronology of Child's life, and a list of books for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46445303529623,"sku":"9781625347732","price":3432.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781625347732.webp?v=1769133627","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-appeal-in-favor-of-that-class-of-americans-called-africans-revised-and-updated-edition-9781625347732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}