Fourth and the First: Abolitionist Holidays, Respectability, and Radical Interracial Reform

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    McDaniel,W. Caleb (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    American Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    57(1) : 129-151
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Slavery, Emancipation, Slavery, abolition of, and Holidays
    Notes:
    Examines two holidays that many radical abolitionists celebrated every year, the Fourth of July and the First of August, an antislavery holiday commemorating British emancipation in the West Indies

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