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Black Political Thinkers in the North
Year
2024
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
32m
Rating
TVPG
Performers
Leslie Alexander
Directed By
The Great Courses
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
Follow the development of African American political and intellectual thought in the antebellum North, through the lives of major activists. Begin with David Walker, author of an incendiary treatise against slavery. Continue with Maria Stewart, an impassioned writer and speaker; famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass; and Sojourner Truth, who championed both emancipation and women's rights.