THE STORY of WENDELL PHILLIPS by Charles Edward Russell 1914
THE STORY of WENDELL PHILLIPS: Soldier of the Common Good. By Charles Edward Russell, Published by Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago, 1914.
Biography
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney. According to George Lewis Ruffin, a Black attorney, Phillips was seen by many Blacks as "the one white American wholly color-blind and free from race prejudice".
The extraordinary life and times of advocate and agitator Wendell Phillips is vividly represented in this comprehensive biography. Tracing Phillips’s beginnings in Boston, Russell details the work of the “Soldier of the Common Good” as an abolitionist, his later efforts on behalf of freed slaves, and his advocacy for Native Americans.
Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) was an American journalist, biographer, politician, and activist. He was a Socialist Party leader and one of the founders of the NAACP.
Light brown with black title. Tiny taped tear/chip at the top of page 71/72. Secure binding with clear text pages, a few mild scattered marginalia and light cover soil. Cursive ink history inscription at the front endpaper with 1914 date. About 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 with 185 pages.