Apocalyptic Abolitionism JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life Archiving an Epidemic catalogs a

Archiving an Epidemic catalogs a queer retelling of the Chicana and Chicano art movement

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Apocalyptic Abolitionism JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life Archiving an Epidemic catalogs aShows how apocalypticism helped drive anti slavery abolitionism and inspire progressive social reform in nineteenth century America In March 1844, Melissa Botsford of Meriden, Connecticut, defiantly left her local Methodist church because it supported slavery and other sins that permeated America. Botsford was among one hundred thousand other abolitionists who abandoned their evangelical churches throughout the decade. These protesters came out with a