Reviews for William Lloyd Garrison

The average rating for William Lloyd Garrison based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-12 00:00:00 Daniel Welsh I read this for a paper for an online course; otherwise, I might not have read it. It was an interesting book; it had a decent amount of information in it. It moved at a good pace. It was informative. I was surprised at part of the author's "summation" at the end. It starts off with the annexation of the Republic of Texas before focusing on the Mexican-American War. From there, it backtracks a little bit before looking at various acts between 1840 and the Civil War (including the Missouri Compromise, gold being discovered in California, the Nebraska-Kansas Act, Kansas becoming a state, how Maine's admission as a free state meant Missouri was admitted as a slave state]. Then it looks at the decline of the Whigs, the birth and ascent of the Republican Party, and how Lincoln's election led to the Civil War. It was interesting that the author blamed the Civil War on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. The South had been bullying the northern states for quite some time, due in part to the Democrats controlling both Houses of Congress and the majority of the United States Supreme Court justices being from the South. In addition, Southerners did not see blacks as being equal to whites and not having the same rights as whites; this attitude on the part of Southerners more than the election of Lincoln led to the Civil War, in my honest opinion. The Southern states refused to look for any compromises with the Northern states and tried to force their will on the Northern states, yet the Southern states had no problem crying 'no fair!' when the Northern states reciprocated in terms of legislation passed at the state level. It was an interesting book, and I am glad I read it.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-20 00:00:00 Tom Pat The House Servant's Directory is the first commercially published book written by a black man in America Roberts (c1780-1860) was a butler for, among others, Christopher Gore (1758-1827), Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts This is an historical curiosity and a transparent presentation of the life and outlook of a black butler in 19th century Massachusetts. It could be a useful reference if you need to know how to use oil of vitriol to "take ink stains out of mahogany." Among other activities, Roberts was an outspoken abolitionist. Read more of my book reviews and poems here: www.richardsubber.com