03406nam 22007334a 450 991077818540332120230616235907.00-674-04222-010.4159/9780674042223(CKB)1000000000786864(OCoLC)651995183(CaPaEBR)ebrary10305847(SSID)ssj0000257823(PQKBManifestationID)11216546(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257823(PQKBWorkID)10254160(PQKB)11247024(MiAaPQ)EBC3300003(DE-B1597)457736(OCoLC)1043662130(OCoLC)979626926(DE-B1597)9780674042223(Au-PeEL)EBL3300003(CaPaEBR)ebr10305847(OCoLC)923108398(EXLCZ)99100000000078686420050328d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTheir right to speak[electronic resource] women's activism in the Indian and slave debates /Alisse PortnoyCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20051 online resource (307 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01922-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction -- 1 "Causes of Alarm to Our Whole Country" -- 2 "A Right to Speak on the Subject" -- 3 "The Difference between Cruelty to the Slave, and Cruelty to the Indian" -- 4 "Merely Public Opinion in Legal Forms" -- 5 "On the Very Eve of Coming Out" -- 6 "Coming from One Who Has a Right to Speak" -- Notes -- IndexIn this groundbreaking study, Portnoy links antebellum Indian removal debates with crucial, simultaneous debates about African Americans--abolition of slavery and African colonization--revealing ways European American women negotiated prohibitions to make their voices heard. Situating the debates within contemporary, competing ideas about race, religion, and nation, Portnoy examines the means by which women argued for a "right to speak" on national policy.Women political activistsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical participationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen abolitionistsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryIndians of North AmericaRelocationIndians, Treatment ofUnited StatesPublic opinionHistory19th centuryPetitionsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen political activistsHistoryPolitical participationHistoryWomen abolitionistsHistoryAntislavery movementsHistoryIndians of North AmericaRelocation.Indians, Treatment ofPublic opinionHistoryPetitionsHistory305.43/3268/0973NP 6020rvkPortnoy Alisse1969-595971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778185403321Their Right to Speak991597UNINA