John Mitchel and His Critics: Transatlantic Abolition and the Irish American Response to Slavery in the 1850s.

The article explores the proslavery sentiments of exiled Irish nationalist John Mitchel and the transatlantic abolition movement in the U.S. in the 1850s. Topics discussed include the way Mitchel expressed preference for a slave plantation according to abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the reputation earned by Mitchel following the publication of the newspaper "Citizen," which focused on Irish nationalism in the U.S., and the devotion maintained by Mitchel to the Confederacy.