The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War (KURLANSKY/CH) cavalry Howe landed near Elkton

Howe landed near Elkton

and his leadership during the Civil War

by Jay Hakes

and the causes and effects of the American Civil War

The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War (KURLANSKY/CH) cavalry Howe landed near ElktonHas there ever been good violence or a good war? The American Civil War is likely considered to be so since there seemed to be no alternative. Or was there? Before the war, Bostonian abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison correctly predicted that fighting would not bring about real freedom and justice. If emancipation came about through violence, he believed, it would take at least a century for Black people to get their rights. As we now know, it has