Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909

Provides unique insight into Reconstruction’s downfall and Jim Crow’s emergence.

In the years and decades following the American Civil War, veteran abolitionists actively thought and wrote about the campaign to end enslavement immediately. This study explores the late-in-life reflections of several antislavery memorial and historical writers, evaluating the stable and shifting meanings of antebellum abolitionism amidst dramatic changes in postbellum race relations. By investigating veteran a...