American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

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American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is an 1839 abolitionist compendium that exposes the brutality of slavery in the United States through extensive firsthand accounts and documentary evidence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist work ⓘ
book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
slave narrative compilation ⓘ
aim to expose the brutality of American slavery ⓘ
to provide documentary evidence of abuses under slavery ⓘ
author Angelina Grimké ⓘ
Sarah Grimké ⓘ
linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké

Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ
basedOn letters from slaveholders ⓘ
newspaper advertisements ⓘ
southern newspapers ⓘ
testimonies of formerly enslaved people ⓘ
compiler Angelina Grimké ⓘ
Sarah Grimké ⓘ
linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké

Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
editor Theodore Dwight Weld ⓘ
format pamphlet ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
social reform literature ⓘ
historicalPeriod antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
influenced Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
language English ⓘ
method compilation of firsthand accounts ⓘ
use of documentary evidence ⓘ
notableFor extensive use of primary sources ⓘ
impact on public opinion about slavery ⓘ
systematic documentation of slaveholders' own words ⓘ
pages approximately 224 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment abolitionist ⓘ
portrays economic exploitation of enslaved labor ⓘ
family separations under slavery ⓘ
physical violence against enslaved people ⓘ
sexual exploitation under slavery ⓘ
publicationYear 1839 ⓘ
publisher American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
shortName American Slavery As It Is ⓘ
structure organized by topics such as food, clothing, labor, and punishment ⓘ
subject abolitionism ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
testimonies of enslaved people ⓘ
title American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses ⓘ
usedBy American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
abolitionist lecturers ⓘ

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linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses → title → American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses ⓘ
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses → shortName → American Slavery As It Is ⓘ
linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States → relatedWorkOfAuthor → American Slavery As It Is ⓘ
linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses