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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784866303321

Autore

Abzug Robert H.

Titolo

Passionate liberator : Theodore Dwight Weld and the dilemma of reform / / Robert H. Abzug

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1980

©1980

ISBN

1-280-60516-2

9786610605163

0-19-536529-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

326/.092/4

Soggetti

Antislavery movements - United States

United States Social conditions To 1865

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

Contents; 1. Tornado Boyhood; 2. Andover and Escape; 3. Conversion; 4. Physiology and Armageddon; 5. Lane Seminary I; 6. Lane Seminary II; 7. Abolitionist Orator; 8. Reevaluation and Departures; 9. The Grief of Joy; 10. A Reforming Marriage; 11. ""I have ceased to know myself""; 12. New Theology, New Career; 13. Eagleswood; 14. Wars, Civil and Familial; 15. Last Years; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recounts Weld's intense childhood, his stormy Religious conversion, his entry into the World of reform, and finally, his rejection of public life.