American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

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American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is an 1839 abolitionist compendium that exposes the brutality of slavery in the United States through extensive firsthand accounts and documentary evidence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist work
book
nonfiction book
slave narrative compilation
aim to expose the brutality of American slavery
to provide documentary evidence of abuses under slavery
author Angelina Grimké
Sarah Grimké
linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké

Theodore Dwight Weld
basedOn letters from slaveholders
newspaper advertisements
southern newspapers
testimonies of formerly enslaved people
compiler Angelina Grimké
Sarah Grimké
linked to: Sarah Moore Grimké

Theodore Dwight Weld
countryOfOrigin United States
editor Theodore Dwight Weld
format pamphlet
genre abolitionist literature
political literature
social reform literature
historicalPeriod antebellum United States
linked to: Antebellum period
influenced Uncle Tom's Cabin
language English
method compilation of firsthand accounts
use of documentary evidence
notableFor extensive use of primary sources
impact on public opinion about slavery
systematic documentation of slaveholders' own words
pages approximately 224
placeOfPublication New York City
politicalAlignment abolitionist
portrays economic exploitation of enslaved labor
family separations under slavery
physical violence against enslaved people
sexual exploitation under slavery
publicationYear 1839
publisher American Anti-Slavery Society
shortName American Slavery As It Is
structure organized by topics such as food, clothing, labor, and punishment
subject abolitionism
human rights abuses
slavery in the United States
testimonies of enslaved people
title American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
usedBy American Anti-Slavery Society
abolitionist lecturers

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Theodore Dwight Weld notableWork American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
Theodore Dwight Weld notableWork American Slavery As It Is
subject linked to: Weld
linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses title American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses shortName American Slavery As It Is
linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States relatedWorkOfAuthor American Slavery As It Is
linked to: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses