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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Blackett, R. J. M., 1943-     Subjects     Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866.     Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography     Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century     Intellectuals, Black -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Blackett, R. J. M., 1943-       by title:      Samuel Ringgold Ward...       by call number:      326.8092 W256b     Search the Web     Blackett, R. J. M., 1943-     Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866.     Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography     Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century     Intellectuals, Black -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Samuel Ringgold Ward : a life of struggle / R.J.M. Blackett. by Blackett, R. J. M., 1943- Yale University Press, 2023. Call #: 326.8092 W256b Subjects Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866.   Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography   Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century   Intellectuals, Black -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780300254945 (hc.) Description:  xvii, 226 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index Summary:  "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."--From publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 326.8092 W256b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 326.8092 W256b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 326.8092 W256b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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