Growing Up Abolitionist

William Lloyd Garrison was one of the major abolitionist leaders, well known for his operation of the newspaper The Liberator. When he died in 1879, his five children carried on his and his wife's values in the civil rights, peace, and woman suffrage movements, argues Alonso (history, City U. of New York). She draws a portrait of the activities of the five, including editing The Nation, being involved in the women's colleges Barnard and Radcliffe, campaigning for the single tax, working in antiwar movements, and working on ensuring their father's place in history. Equal attention is paid to the youth and education of the children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

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William Lloyd Garrison was one of the major abolitionist leaders, well known for his operation of the newspaper The Liberator. When he died in 1879, his five children carried on his and his wife's values in the civil rights, peace, and woman suffrage movements, argues Alonso (history, City U. of New York). She draws a portrait of the activities of the five, including editing The Nation, being involved in the women's colleges Barnard and Radcliffe, campaigning for the single tax, working in antiwar movements, and working on ensuring their father's place in history. Equal attention is paid to the youth and education of the children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

KLIATT

How effectively did Helen and William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator and world known for his abolitionist, pacifist and women's rights teachings, transmit these beliefs to the five of his seven children who lived to adulthood? In her exhaustively researched work, Alonso recreates for her readers the family history, the close-knit and loving home setting and the maturing process of the Garrison children as they lived out their father's principles. Using not only the published writings of Garrison himself but also his biography, written by sons William and Frank, and the voluminous family correspondence, the author describes in detail the daily life of the family, its sorrows when two young children died, its financial worries (Garrison was nearly always short of cash), and its excitement as the children, George, William, Wendell, Fanny and Frank, grew to adulthood, started their own families, launched their careers, and cared for their parents as they aged. George, the oldest, joined the army during the Civil War, causing much consternation in his pacifist family. Fanny married the German-born journalist Henry Villard and lived a life of wealth and luxury, compared to her upbringing. Wendell became an editor of the Nation and for a while espoused the more conservative opinions of E. L. Godkin. William, a successful businessman, worked ardently for universal suffrage. Fanny, perhaps more than any of the men, devoted much of her later life to the causes dear to any Garrison heart: pacifism and the right to vote. Growing Up Abolitionist covers a complex sequence of events with excellent clarity and ease of style. It is recommended for advanced students and for teachers. KLIATT Codes:A Recommended for advanced students and adults. 2002, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 409p. illus. notes. index. Updated ed., Moore