03043nam 2200649Ia 450 991078533850332120200520144314.01-4696-0633-X0-8078-9948-8(CKB)2670000000058470(EBL)605931(OCoLC)676698382(SSID)ssj0000419460(PQKBManifestationID)11288527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419460(PQKBWorkID)10384142(PQKB)10246441(StDuBDS)EDZ0000246755(MdBmJHUP)muse23498(Au-PeEL)EBL605931(CaPaEBR)ebr10425411(CaONFJC)MIL929453(MiAaPQ)EBC605931(EXLCZ)99267000000005847020100317d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHearts beating for liberty[electronic resource] women abolitionists in the old Northwest /Stacey M. RobertsonChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2217-3 0-8078-3408-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Grassroots activism and female antislavery societies -- Abolitionist women and the Liberty Party -- Free produce in the old Northwest -- Antislavery fairs, cooperation, and community building -- Women lecturers and radical antislavery -- Abolitionists and fugitive slaves -- Woman's rights and abolition in the West.Challenging traditional histories of abolition, this book shifts the focus away from the East to show how the women of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin helped build a vibrant antislavery movement in the Old Northwest. Stacey Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus through their unusual and occasionally transgressive activities. They plunged into Liberty Party politics, vociferouslyWomen abolitionistsNorthwest, OldHistory19th centuryAbolitionistsNorthwest, OldHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsNorthwest, OldHistory19th centuryWomenPolitical activityNorthwest, OldHistory19th centuryNorthwest, OldHistory19th centuryWomen abolitionistsHistoryAbolitionistsHistoryAntislavery movementsHistoryWomenPolitical activityHistory326/.80820977Robertson Stacey M1491295MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785338503321Hearts beating for liberty3758995UNINA