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 ⓘ
antislavery literature ⓘ
book ⓘ
addresses economic arguments against slavery ⓘ
legal arguments against slavery ⓘ
moral arguments against slavery ⓘ
religious arguments against slavery ⓘ
advocates full civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
author Lydia Maria Child ⓘ
circulation widely read in abolitionist circles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
hasPart biographical sketches of African Americans ⓘ
historical analysis of slavery ⓘ
refutations of proslavery arguments ⓘ
hasSubject African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
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 ⓘ
mainTopic abolition of slavery ⓘ
civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
movement American abolitionism ⓘ
opposes racial prejudice ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
period Antebellum era ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
positionOnSlavery immediate abolition ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1833 ⓘ
publisher Allen and Ticknor ⓘ
reaction provoked controversy in proslavery communities ⓘ
supports education for African Americans ⓘ
interracial social equality ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
targetAudience Northern reformers ⓘ
white American readers ⓘ

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