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Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist

Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist

Pritchard, Rebecca M.

Paperback

Biographies General19th Century United States HistoryRegional: New England

ISBN10: 1642510068
ISBN13: 9781642510065
Publisher: Frayed Edge Press
Published: Mar 5 2019
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

We had much rather be all alone in the right than with the whole world in the wrong. So wrote Jeremiah Hacker in 1862. He was the main writer and editor of The Pleasure Boat, which may have the distinction of being Portland, Maine's most controversial newspaper.

Inspired by his Quaker background, Hacker worked to end slavery, poverty, and inequality of women through his writing. He spoke out against prisons, advocating instead for reform and education. He broke with all forms of organized religion and urged people to leave their churches and find moral direction from within. He promoted no political party, believing people would be better off without government. He was in favor of land for all. The most controversial of Hacker's radical ideas, however--and the one that lost him the most readers--was his advocacy for peace as the country headed toward Civil War.

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