Militant Abolitionism: Douglass, Emerson, and the Rise of the Anti-Slave

Gougeon, Len

doi:10.1162/TNEQ_a_00230

Article navigation

December 01 2012

Militant Abolitionism: Douglass, Emerson, and the Rise of the Anti-Slave

Len Gougeon

Len Gougeon is a Professor of American literature and Distinguished University Fellow at the University of Scranton. He is the author of Virtue's Hero: Emerson, Antislavery, and Reform and of Emerson & Eros: The Making of a Cultural Hero as well as coeditor of Emerson's Antislavery Writings. In 2008 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. His current work includes an essay on Emerson and the conversation on race to be included in the forthcoming volume Emerson in Context (Cambridge University Press).

Search for other works by this author on:

This Site

Google Scholar

Author and Article Information

Len Gougeon

Len Gougeon is a Professor of American literature and Distinguished University Fellow at the University of Scranton. He is the author of Virtue's Hero: Emerson, Antislavery, and Reform and of Emerson & Eros: The Making of a Cultural Hero as well as coeditor of Emerson's Antislavery Writings. In 2008 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society. His current work includes an essay on Emerson and the conversation on race to be included in the forthcoming volume Emerson in Context (Cambridge University Press).

Online ISSN: 1937-2213

Print ISSN: 0028-4866

2012

The New England Quarterly (2012) 85 (4): 622–657.

https://doi.org/10.1162/TNEQ_a_00230

Abstract

This essay, relying on a wealth of original sources, reveals for the first time the dynamic and personal relationship that evolved between Fredrick Douglass and Ralph Waldo Emerson from 1844 until the onset of the Civil War as they mounted a militant campaign against the heinous institution of slavery.

This content is only available as a PDF.

2012

You do not currently have access to this content.

Don't already have an account? Register

You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again.

Militant Abolitionism: Douglass, Emerson, and the Rise of the Anti-Slave

Abstract

Email alerts

Cited By

A product of The MIT Press

MIT Press Direct

Information

MIT Press

Contact Us

Militant Abolitionism: Douglass, Emerson, and the Rise of the Anti-Slave

Abstract

Sign in

Client Account

Sign in via your Institution

Email alerts

Cited By

Related Articles

Related Book Chapters

A product of The MIT Press

MIT Press Direct

Information

MIT Press

Contact Us

This Feature Is Available To Subscribers Only