Rebels in Paradise: Sketches of Northampton Abolitionists

by Bruce Laurie

Long ago dubbed the "Paradise of America," Northampton, Massachusetts, is also known as the home of visionaries--from the Reverend Jonathan Edwards, father of the First Great Awakening, to George W. Benson, brother-in-law of William Lloyd Garrison and a founder of the utopian Northampton Association for Education and Industry. During the mid-nineteenth century the town became a center of political abolitionism and a hub in the Underground Railroad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341180
• ISBN13: 9781625341181
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"