What began as a review of Wood's well-written and deeply researched book turned into a wider critique of the pervasive hagiography of 18c abolitionist studies. It has long confused antislavery and anti-racism and been blind to its pervasive white supremacy.
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Wood, Nicholas P.. Let the Oppressed Go Free: Abolitionism in Colonial and Revolutionary America. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025. 371 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781512828320. Reviewed by Timo...
