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The agitators : three friends who fought for abolition and women's rights / Dorothy Wickenden.
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- ISBN: 9781476760735 :
- ISBN: 147676073X :
- Physical Description: xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-358) and index. |
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| Etna Library | 973.71 WIC | 31257000287861 | Adult collection | Available | - |
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The Agitators : Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
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The Agitators : Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue | p. xiii | |
| Part 1 | Provocations (1821-1852) | |
| 1 | A Nantucket Inheritance (1833-1843) | p. 3 |
| 2 | A Young Lady of Means (1824-1837) | p. 19 |
| 3 | Escape from Maryland (1822-1849) | p. 37 |
| 4 | The Freeman Trial (1846) | p. 47 |
| 5 | Dangerous Women (1848-1849) | p. 55 |
| 6 | Frances Goes to Washington (1848-1850) | p. 65 |
| 7 | Martha Speaks (1850-1852) | p. 79 |
| Part 2 | Uprisings (1851-1860) | |
| 8 | Frances Joins the Railroad (1851-1852) | p. 89 |
| 9 | Reading Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852-1853) | p. 99 |
| 10 | Harriet Tubman's Maryland Crusade (1851-1857) | p. 109 |
| 11 | The Race to the Territory (1854) | p. 115 |
| 12 | Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Sumner (1854-1856) | p. 121 |
| 13 | Frances Sells Harriet a House (1857-1859) | p. 129 |
| 14 | Martha Leads (1854-1860) | p. 141 |
| 15 | General Tubman Goes to Boston (1858-1860) | p. 149 |
| 16 | The Agitators (1860) | p. 159 |
| Part 3 | War (1861-1864) | |
| 17 | "No Compromise" (1861) | p. 169 |
| 18 | A Nation on Fire (1861-1862) | p. 183 |
| 19 | "Gods Ahead of Master Lincoln" (1862) | p. 193 |
| 20 | Battle Hymns (1862) | p. 201 |
| 21 | Harriet's War (1863) | p. 215 |
| 22 | Willy Wright at Gettysburg (March-July 1863) | p. 231 |
| 23 | A Mighty Army of Women (1863-1864) | p. 239 |
| 24 | Daughters and Sons (1864) | p. 247 |
| Part 4 | Rights (1864-1875) | |
| 25 | E Pluribus Unum (1864-1865) | p. 263 |
| 26 | Retribution (1865) | p. 269 |
| 27 | Civil Disobedience (1865) | p. 283 |
| 28 | Wrongs and Rights (1865-1875) | p. 289 |
| Epilogue | p. 303 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 309 | |
| Notes | p. 313 | |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 353 | |
| Image Credits | p. 359 | |
| Index | p. 361 |
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