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Jan 20, 2025
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ARHI 808 - The Great Visionaries: Frederick Douglass, Wm. Lloyd Garrison and the Antebellum Reformers3 credits
The period from 1807 when the Anti-Dueling Society was founded until the end of the Civil War was a time of enormous societal change and great intellectual ferment. One exciting component of the antebellum period was the many reform movement efforts to remake American society such as: prohibition, antislavery, prison reform, women’s rights, and the peace movement. Each reform society considered their issue the most important facing the United States. Students explore these path breaking attempts at societal renewal and reform, with a focus on the rank and file members as well as the leading lights of the movements, and with an effort to place these efforts within a broader political theory framework. Readings may include works written by the reformers themselves, as well as secondary sources.
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