First published 2016
Nathaniel Peabody Rogers wrote from New Hampshire between 1794 and 1846 as America's most radical political voice before the Civil War. This collection gathers twenty-seven essays that reveal Rogers as an undiscovered American Transcendentalist whose work influenced both Emerson and Thoreau. Rogers built his entire philosophy around opposing slavery, making him a rival to Frederick Douglass and Wendell Phillips as an abolitionist writer. His beliefs extended far beyond abolition to embrace anarchism, pacifism, feminism, environmentalism, religious dissent, individualism, opposition to capitalism, and animal rights. The volume includes supporting materials on nineteenth-century American radicalism plus Thoreau's essay about Rogers' work. These writings appear together for the first time since 1849, offering readers access to a forgotten voice whose genuine Yankee style and uncompromising principles shaped American radical thought.
Genres: biography, essays, american, non-fiction, 19th-century, activism, american-history
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: forgotten-voice, uncompromising-principles
Setting: New Hampshire
Period: 1794-1846
130 pages · Paperback · Createspace Independent Pub