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Jeff Dickey is a full stark web developer with extensive startup experience in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jeff has started projects, maintained large enterprise systems, and led development teams. He brings a developers perspective and enjoys pragmatism and action while avoiding red tape. toon meer Outside of work, Jeff is a teacher at General Assembly Los Angeles and Lead Organizer for the LA Code for America Brigade. toon minder
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(eng) Dickey apparently prefers J. D. Dickey, but the Library of Congress has him established as Jeff Dickey.

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J.D. Dickey has been writing books for 20 years, first as an author for Penguin, now as a writer of narrative nonfiction about American history, society and culture. He has also written articles on a broad range of historical, political and travel-related topics for newspapers and magazines, and appeared in media from C-SPAN's Book TV (in 2015 and 2018) to Public Radio International's program The Takeaway. His work has appeared in the Daily Telegraph and Rhapsody magazine, and online at such sites as The Fix.com and BudgetTravel.com. In support of his work, he has lectured for the New York Historical Society, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, the Atlanta History Center, and the U.S. Army War College, among other organizations. In addition to his nonfiction work, he has penned short stories for print and the web, and been featured on several literary venues. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. [from website and The Empire of Mud]
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Dickey apparently prefers J. D. Dickey, but the Library of Congress has him established as Jeff Dickey.

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Most people are aware that the abolition movement produced strongly antaonistic reactions in the antebellum South. Abolitionists were reviled in newspapers, by politicians and plantation owners, and threatened with jail and even death. What may be less remembered is the depth and viciousness of opposition in the North. This book provides a deeply researched look at violence directed at abolitionist meetings in cities across the northeast. The gatherings of abolitionists were disrupted by mobs storming meeting halls, shouting invectives, hurling bricks, and wrecking, even burning, meeting places. An incident close to home was the Utica riot of 1835 in which a mob forced attendees at a meeting to form an anti-slavery society to flee. The abolitionists reconvened the next day in Peterboro, the estate of Gerrit Smith, a wealthy landowner who became a principal financial backer of abolitionism. Peterboro is a remote village some 30+ miles from Utica. Violence wasn't limited to public meeting halls. It often ignited riots that targeted blacks in their neighborhoods and homes.

Dickey points out the motives and reasons for such strident opposition. Part stemmed from the overt racism that was so prevalent in 19th century. There was a widespread favor of "colonization" as the approach to the presence of blacks in America. Enticing (or forcing) blacks to emigrate to Africa was seen as the solution. Others held that the movement to abolish slavery would significantly disrupt the bonds that held the union together.

The main characters in the abolitionist movement are featured including William Lloyd Garrison, the publisher of "The Emancipator"; Arthur and Lewis Tappen, wealthy silk merchants and philanthroposts; Theodore Weld and the Grimke sisters, expatriates from a South Carolina plantation who became fervently anti-slavery. He also gives much-needed attention to blacks who vigorously advocated for not only emancipation, but also civil and social rights for African-Americans, such notables at James Fortran, his daughter the poet and activist Sarah, Robert Purvis, and David Ruggles, the chief figure in the Committee of Vigilance that thwarted attempts to reenslave fugitives and kidnap free blacks into slavery.

Abolitionist societies and organizations suffered schisms that weakened the movement. Garrison became more radical, even promoting the dissolution of the union that could not shed itself of slavery. Garrison held firm to non-resistence and non-involvement in politics. As the 1830's progressed we see the emergence of violence as a possible tactic to achieve emancipation and engagement in politics as a method to achieve results. The "moral suasion" approach of the Garrisonians was being seen as unlikely to ever produce emancipation.

The role of women receives much-deserved attention. Petition campaigns were carried out by women going door to door to obtain signatures on anti-slavery petitions that flooded Congress (who placed "gag" rules on the receipt of and action on petitions.) Even more significant is the appearance of women publically as speakers conveying the anti-slavery message. This was at a time when patriarchical thinking held that only proper role for women was in the domestic sphere. I was particularly impressed by Dickey's description of Angelina and Sarah Grimke who suffered strong criticism for their public visibility in the movement. I have done some research into the Grimke's and conclude that they were precursors of the women's rights movements whose beginning is usually linked to the Seneca Falls convention of 1850. Theodore Weld, who I have also studied, was a force of nature in the abolition movement, a captivating orator and effective organizer. Weld can be linked to the success of the nascent Oberlin College. He recruited and trained the "Seventy", a cadre of speakers who spread the cry for emancipation across the northeast and midwest. Weld and the Grimke's collaborated on the expose "American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses" that described the revealed the treatment of slaves. Over 100,000 copies were sold and it is said to have inspired Harriett Beecher Stowe to author "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Anyone who wishes to learn more about the dynamics affecting abolition in the 1830's will find much of information in this book.
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stevesmits | Nov 3, 2023 |
Yes, we are talking about our nation’s capitol. D.C. (the Washington part is actually incorrect and has been since 1871) has had a tempestuous history. From housing bubbles, building codes that were too restrictive, to public works that failed miserably (and with a rather noisesome smell), to swindlers and confidence men, and don’t forget the politicians, the District of Columbia, previously Washington City, took nearly a century to become the city we recognize (and hate) today.

A city built on mud, poverty, disease, and corruption on all levels it nevertheless is home to our federal government. And several thousand people. Tourists from all over visit the city every year. A city full of history which owes it’s existence to several men and it’s continued existence at it’s location on several more.

The book is divided into several chapters that cover D.C.’s history from it’s founding in the later part of the 18th century up to 1930. Each chapter is divided into smaller sections covering a variety of things in easily digestible sections that are largely self contained. While chronological, the book is not ponderous or overbearing. It gives a good overview with colorful stories to flesh out parts. You can put down and pick up this book and not feel like you have to go back and start over.

Overall, an excellent read.

A definite recommend
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pacbox | 5 andere besprekingen | Jul 9, 2022 |
The story of Sherman’s Western army including the march through Georgia, highlighting among other stories a young Black boy who went along to help out even though Sherman wouldn’t let Black men fight; the relief efforts of women who raised money and tirelessly fed and tended soldiers; and the German immigrants including some of America’s first Communists who fought for Union and freedom.
 
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rivkat | 1 andere bespreking | Dec 7, 2020 |
History of the early years of the city that became the District of Columbia, patched together out of several cities, with emphasis on what it was like to live there, both for Black and white inhabitants. Bad, unrepresentative government (including a bunch of spending on ultimately useless canals) was a hallmark even before it was set in stone after the Civil War for exactly the reason you think it was: to ensure that the large Black population wouldn’t control the local affairs of the seat of government.… (meer)
 
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