Cassius Marcellus Clay’s outspoken abolitionism put his life at constant risk. He traveled with pistols and a Bowie knife.

An antebellum family that sang against slavery. Prior to reading this book, why did I know nothing, basically, about the Hutchinson family? And, dear reader, why (in all likelihood) don’t you? I’m a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Virginia Center for Civil War Studies director Paul Quigley talked about importance of newspapers during the Antebellum era. The Virginia Center for ...

Introduction: Who Wears the Pants? -- 1. Perfecting America: Antebellum Reform, Fashion, and Antifashion -- 2. The First Dress Reformers: New Harmony, Indiana, 1824-1827 -- 3. Pantaloons in Private: ...

1830s/1870s -- Awakenings : the first cross-class labor reform organizations, 1832/1848 -- Keeping the flame alive : the enduring vision of antebellum labor reform, 1848/1865 -- Acts of commission : ...