Maria W. Stewart : essential writings of a 19th-century Black abolitionist
Maria W. Stewart (Author), Douglas A. Jones (Editor)
'Maria W. Stewart: Essential Writings of a 19th-Century Black Abolitionist' offers a comprehensive and contextually dynamic collection of Stewart's fascinating corpus to date. In addition to including an intellectual biography on this formidable female historical figure. Douglas A. Jones brings together Stewart's known essays, lectures, and fiction, including recently discovered texts, all of which directly influenced other major black abolitionist contemporaries, including Frederick Douglass and many others. The volume's extended introduction and detailed notes situate Stewart's then-radical political philosophy in the rich intellectual contexts in which she worked, including abolitionism, black nationalism, feminism, and sentimentalism
eBook, English, 2024
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2024