An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
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An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans is an 1833 antislavery book that offered one of the first comprehensive, widely read arguments in the United States for the immediate abolition of slavery and full civil rights for African Americans.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist work
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antislavery literature ⓘ book ⓘ |
| addresses |
economic arguments against slavery
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legal arguments against slavery ⓘ moral arguments against slavery ⓘ religious arguments against slavery ⓘ |
| advocates | full civil rights for African Americans ⓘ |
| author | Lydia Maria Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in abolitionist circles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critiques | colonization schemes for African Americans ⓘ |
| demands |
equal legal status for African Americans
ⓘ
immediate emancipation ⓘ political rights for African Americans ⓘ social inclusion of African Americans ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
nonfiction
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political treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
biographical sketches of African Americans
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historical analysis of slavery ⓘ refutations of proslavery arguments ⓘ |
| hasSubject | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early widely read abolitionist text in the United States
ⓘ
one of the first comprehensive antislavery arguments in the United States ⓘ |
| impactOnAuthor | established Lydia Maria Child as a leading abolitionist voice ⓘ |
| influenced |
American abolitionist movement
ⓘ
public opinion on slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject | Slavery—United States—Controversial literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
abolition of slavery
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civil rights for African Americans ⓘ |
| movement | American abolitionism ⓘ |
| opposes |
racial prejudice
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slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| period | Antebellum era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | immediate abolition ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1833 ⓘ |
| publisher | Allen and Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reaction | provoked controversy in proslavery communities ⓘ |
| supports |
education for African Americans
ⓘ
interracial social equality ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Northern reformers
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white American readers ⓘ |
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