1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451361203321

Autore

Jordan Ryan P. <1977->

Titolo

Slavery and the meetinghouse [[electronic resource] ] : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / / Ryan P. Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07853-4

9786612078538

0-253-11709-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

326.089/96073

Soggetti

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century

Slavery and the church - Society of Friends - History - 19th century

Slavery and the church - United States - History - 19th century

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

Quakers - United States - Political activity - History - 19th century

Quaker abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century

Pacifism - United States - History - 19th century

Society of Friends - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Quakers, slavery, and the "peaceable kingdom" -- Quaker gradualists and the challenge of abolitionism -- Slavery, religious liberty, and the "political" abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends -- Friends and the "children of Africa" : Quaker abolitionists confront the Negro pew -- "Progressive" Friends and the government of God -- Quaker pacifism and civil disobedience in the antebellum period -- Conclusion: "Fighting Quakers," abolitionists, and the Civil War.

Sommario/riassunto

Ryan P. Jordan explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried peacefully to end slavery. In the years before the Civil War, the Society



of Friends opposed the                abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious  liberty. In response, many Quaker abolitionists began to build ""come outer""                institutions where social and