Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle...
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Author: R. J. M. Blackett
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle by Blackett, R. J. M.

Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle

CHF 33.14

Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle

CHF 33.14
Author: R. J. M. Blackett
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination

Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817-c. 1869) escaped enslavement and would become a leading figure in the struggle for Black freedom, citizenship, and equality. He was extolled by his contemporary Frederick Douglass for his "depth of thought, fluency of speech, readiness of wit, logical exactness." Until now, his story has been largely untold.

Ward, a newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and advocate for the temperance movement, was considered one of the leading orators of his time. After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 he fled to Canada, where he lectured widely to improve conditions for formerly enslaved people who had settled there. Ward then went to Britain as an agent of the Canadian Antislavery Society and published his influential book Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro. He never returned to the United States, and he died in obscurity in Jamaica.

Despite Ward's prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In this book, R. J. M. Blackett brings light to Ward's life and his important role in the struggle against slavery and discrimination, and to the personal price he paid for confronting oppression.

Author: R. J. M. Blackett
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/28/2023
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300254945

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