Amalgamation - Edward W. Clay’s Anti-Abolitio­nist Caricatures and Their Effect On The American White People
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WS 2006/07 Universität Regensburg Institut für Amerikanisitk Hauptseminar: American Political and Cultural Icons Prof. Dr. Udo Hebel Edward W. ClayR17;s Anti-Abolitionist Caricatures and Their Effect On The American White People “I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, to speak, or write, with moderation…;.­I am in earnest–I will not equivocate–;I­ will not excuse8211;I will not retreat a single inchR11;AND I WILL BE HEARD” (Garrison, The Liberator). This quote emanates from the first issue of William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper called The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper which appeared first in 1931 in Boston. It emphasizes Garrison’s strong opposition to slavery in the South and his opinion…[show more]