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Abolitionists Drew Blood in Fighting Slavery
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
08 Jun 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · Abolitionists Drew Blood in Fighting Slavery

“It was fugitive slaves, who were violent in defending themselves against slave-catchers, who pushed abolitionists towards militant and sometimes violent tactics,” said Duke University historian Jesse Olsavsky. The abolitionist movement was, at its core, quite radical, said Olsavsky, author of a recent article titled “Women, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Militant Abolitionism, 1835 – 1859.

Slavery in U.S.

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