Books written by Henry Mayer

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  A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic

  Finally, the sheriff, William Bibb, appeared on the steps to call for order and conduct the election. After reading the legal papers calling for the election, Bibb simply looked out across the crowd and declared, in the customary phrase ...

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  All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

  I can recover/JB to Mary Ann Brown, 10 Nov. 1859, in Oswald Garrison Villard, John Brown 1800–1859: A Biography Fifty Years After (Boston, 1910), 540–41. Meriam return/WLG(J)Di, 2 Dec. 1859, GFP/SSC; HDT Journal, 3 Dec. 1859; FJ to TWH, ...

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  All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

  In All on Fire, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) emerges as an American hero, arguably on par with Abraham Lincoln, who forced the nation to confront the explosive issue of slavery.

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  All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

  The author of Son of Thunder presents a definitive portrait of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his role in the antislavery movement, discussing the impact of his newspaper The Liberator and his relationships with Frederick Douglass, ...

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  All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

  Describes how the abolitionist used his influence and his weekly newspaper to motivate two generations of activists fighting against slavery.

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  All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

  The author of Son of Thunder presents a definitive portrait of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his role in the anti-slavery movement, discussing the impact of his newspaper The Liberator and his relationships with Frederick Douglass ...