Violence Against Abolitionists

Season 25 Episode 12

Abolitionists were surprised by the vehement reactions to their 1835 postal campaign.

Abolitionists, including Lewis Tappan and William Lloyd Garrison, were surprised by the vehement reaction to their 1835 postal anti-slavery campaign.

AIR DATE 1/8/13

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