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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460404103321

Autore

Harrold Stanley

Titolo

The rise of aggressive abolitionism : addresses to the slaves / / Stanley Harrold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-8131-8490-8

0-8131-5699-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

326/.8/0973

Soggetti

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century

Slave insurrections - Southern States - History - 19th century

Violence - Southern States - History - 19th century

Speeches, addresses, etc., American

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Ambiguous Manifestos; Chapter 2. Circumstances; Chapter 3. Proceedings; Chapter 4. Goals and Reactions; Chapter 5. Abolitionists and Slaves; Chapter 6. Convergence; Conclusion; The Addresses and Related Documents; ""Address of the Anti-Slavery Convention of the State of New-York to the Slaves in the U. States of America""; ""Rights of a Fugitive Slave""; ""Address to the Slaves of the United States""; ""An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America""

""A Letter to the American Slaves from those who have fled from American Slavery""Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840's when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the first time, addressed the slaves directly rather than aiming rebukes at white owners. By forthrightly embracing the slaves as allies and exhorting them to take action, these three addresses pointed



toward a more inclusive and aggressive antislavery effort.These addresses were particularly frightening to white slaveholders who were significantly in the minority of the population in some parts of low country Georgia and South Carolina.