There was no book that told the overarching story of the abolitionists, and no guide for capturing the courage and struggles of these remarkable civil rights heroes.
The Abolitionists features five principal characters, whose intertwined lives and shared beliefs helped to form a powerful movement that changed the nation.
The abolitionist movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others, setting the nation on a collision course.
Of all the writers that Carnegie read and studied throughout his life, he said that the English philosopher Herbert Spencer was the one who influenced him most.
Henry Clay Frick's stormy partnership with Andrew Carnegie proved to be his worst mistake, scarring his reputation and costing him control of his own company.
When Carnegie joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1853, trains carried a sense of wonder. At six cents a mile, a ride didn't come cheap, but it guaranteed a thrill.
The bitter conflict in 1892 at his steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania revealed Andrew Carnegie's conflicting beliefs regarding the rights of labor.
