03777nam 2200781 a 450 991045136120332120200520144314.01-282-07853-497866120785380-253-11709-7(CKB)1000000000487311(EBL)339115(OCoLC)476155600(SSID)ssj0000246698(PQKBManifestationID)11239564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246698(PQKBWorkID)10188533(PQKB)10309334(MiAaPQ)EBC339115(OCoLC)228141433(MdBmJHUP)muse16790(Au-PeEL)EBL339115(CaPaEBR)ebr10225099(CaONFJC)MIL207853(EXLCZ)99100000000048731120060821d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSlavery and the meetinghouse[electronic resource] the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 /Ryan P. JordanBloomington Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34860-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.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.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 andAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAbolitionistsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlavery and the churchSociety of FriendsHistory19th centurySlavery and the churchUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlavesEmancipationUnited StatesQuakersUnited StatesPolitical activityHistory19th centuryQuaker abolitionistsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPacifismUnited StatesHistory19th centurySociety of FriendsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesChurch historyElectronic books.Antislavery movementsHistoryAbolitionistsHistorySlavery and the churchSociety of FriendsHistorySlavery and the churchHistorySlavesEmancipationQuakersPolitical activityHistoryQuaker abolitionistsHistoryPacifismHistorySociety of FriendsHistory326.089/96073Jordan Ryan P.1977-967618MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451361203321Slavery and the meetinghouse2196948UNINA