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- Title
Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race, and Rights in the Age of Abolition.
- Authors
McBride, Sarah Gold
- Abstract
"Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race, and Rights in the Age of Abolition" by Kathleen M. Brown explores the role of the body in the antebellum abolitionist movement. Brown argues that both white and Black abolitionists saw the body as central to their fight against slavery. She reframes how abolitionists understood the significance of Black bodies, emphasizing the concept of "embodied self-sovereignty" as a necessary precondition for claiming political rights. The book draws on extensive archival research and covers themes such as blood, motherhood, scientific and medical knowledge, and labor. Overall, "Undoing Slavery" offers new insights into the history of human rights and humanitarianism.
- Subjects
SLAVERY; SLAVE trade; ANTISLAVERY movements; RIGHTS
- Publication
Journal of the Civil War Era, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 2, p262
- ISSN
2154-4727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cwe.2024.a928950