{"product_id":"the-making-of-an-abolitionist-william-lloyd-garrisons-path-to-publishing-the-liberator-paperback","title":"The Making of an Abolitionist: William Lloyd Garrison's Path to Publishing The Liberator - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenis Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e William Lloyd Garrison's life as an abolitionist and advocate for social change was dependent on his training as a printer. None who have studied Garrison can ignore his editorship of \u003ci\u003eThe Liberator\u003c\/i\u003e but many have not fully understood his belief in the central role of a well-edited newspaper in the maintenance of a healthy republic and the struggle to reform society. Church, politics and publishing were the three foundations of Garrison's life. Newspapers, he believed, were especially important, for they provided citizens in a democracy the information necessary to make their own choices. When ministers and politicians in the North and the South refused to address the horror of slavery and became tacit advocates for the \"peculiar institution,\" he was compelled to employ the printing press in protest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book traces his path from printer to publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Liberator\u003c\/i\u003e. Garrison had not become a publisher to advocate abolition; he was a mechanic and an editor, later a reformer, but always a printer. His expertise with the printing press and the practice of journalism became for him the natural means for ending slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of American history and a lecturer at Union College in Schenectady, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780661870880,"sku":"9780786474257","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdb95bb69581cd847d8f9318f9aa687d.webp?v=1780533805","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-making-of-an-abolitionist-william-lloyd-garrisons-path-to-publishing-the-liberator-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}