| FT-54162-06 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Susan S. Williams | James Redpath and the Promotion of Social Justice in America | 7/1/2006 - 8/31/2006 | $5,000.00 | Susan | S. | Williams | | | | Ohio State University | Columbus | OH | 43210-1349 | USA | 2006 | American Literature | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
This cultural study of James Redpath (1833-91) recovers important details about his career, including his abolitionist work, magazine and newspaper editing, book publishing, formation of a national speakers' bureau, and his work with Haitian emigration. This work of recovery, in turn, locates Redpath at the intersection of three key historical and literary movements in nineteenth-century America: the transition in Civil War memory from emancipation to unification; the continued growth of transatlantic radicalism; and the rise of mass media and literary professionalism. As a self-styled "crusader of freedom," Redpath helps to tell a crucial story about our past: how the emerging tools of mass media could be used to promote social justice. |