Series
American Experience
Episode
The Abolitionists
Raw Footage
Interview with John Stauffer, part 4 of 5
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John Stauffer is Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Among his works include: GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (2008), The Writings of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and Abolitionist (2006), The Problem of Evil: Slavery, Freedom, and the Ambiguities of American Reform (with Steven Mintz, 2006); Meteor of War: The John Brown Story (with Zoe Trodd); and The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race (2002).
Topics
Biography
Race and Ethnicity
History
Subjects
American history, African Americans, civil rights, racism, abolition
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(c) 2013-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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Chicago: “American Experience; The Abolitionists; Interview with John Stauffer, part 4 of 5,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 14, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4q7qn6052q.
MLA: “American Experience; The Abolitionists; Interview with John Stauffer, part 4 of 5.” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 14, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4q7qn6052q>.
APA: American Experience; The Abolitionists; Interview with John Stauffer, part 4 of 5. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-4q7qn6052q