LEADER 04582nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910454669503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04396-0 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043961 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786789 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112824 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112824 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10098281 035 $a(PQKB)11743265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318464 035 $a(OCoLC)923111897 035 $a(DE-B1597)574469 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043961 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786789 100 $a20010712d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe black hearts of men$b[electronic resource] $eradical abolitionists and the transformation of race /$fJohn Stauffer 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (367 p. )$cill., facsims., ports 300 $aOriginally published: 2002. 311 $a0-674-00645-3 311 $a0-674-01367-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-353) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tONE. The Radical Abolitionist Call to Arms -- $tTWO. Creating an Image in Black -- $tTHREE. Glimpsing God?s World on Earth -- $tFOUR. The Panic and the Making of Abolitionists -- $tFIVE. Bible Politics and the Creation of the Alliance -- $tSIX. Learning from Indians -- $tSEVEN. Man Is Woman and Woman Is Man -- $tEIGHT. The Alliance Ends and the War Begins -- $tEpilogue -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aAt a time when slavery was spreading and America was steeped in racism, two white and two black men formed a unique alliance that sought to reconcile ideals of justice with the reality of slavery and oppression. 330 $bAt a time when slavery was spreading and the country was steeped in racism, two white men and two black men overcame social barriers and mistrust to form a unique alliance that sought nothing less than the end of all evil. Drawing on the largest extant bi-racial correspondence in the Civil War era, John Stauffer braids together these men's struggles to reconcile ideals of justice with the reality of slavery and oppression. Who could imagine that Gerrit Smith, one of the richest men in the country, would give away his wealth to the poor and ally himself with Frederick Douglass, an ex-slave? And why would James McCune Smith, the most educated black man in the country, link arms with John Brown, a bankrupt entrepreneur, along with the others? Distinguished by their interracial bonds, they shared a millennialist vision of a new world where everyone was free and equal. As the nation headed toward armed conflict, these men waged their own war by establishing model interracial communities, forming a new political party, and embracing violence. Their revolutionary ethos bridged the divide between the sacred and the profane, black and white, masculine and feminine, and civilization and savagery that had long girded western culture. In so doing, it embraced a malleable and "black-hearted" self that was capable of violent revolt against a slaveholding nation, in order to usher in a kingdom of God on earth. In tracing the rise and fall of their prophetic vision and alliance, Stauffer reveals how radical reform helped propel the nation toward war even as it strove to vanquish slavery and preserve the peace. 606 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aRadicalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRacism$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xMoral and ethical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAbolitionists$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 615 0$aRacism$xPsychological aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.71140922 700 $aStauffer$b John$f1965-$0792387 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454669503321 996 $aThe black hearts of men$92069281 997 $aUNINA