LEADER 03069nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910828274103321 005 20240513032804.0 010 $a1-4696-0633-X 010 $a0-8078-9948-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000058470 035 $a(EBL)605931 035 $a(OCoLC)676698382 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11288527 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384142 035 $a(PQKB)10246441 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000246755 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL605931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425411 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC605931 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000058470 100 $a20100317d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHearts beating for liberty $ewomen abolitionists in the old Northwest /$fStacey M. Robertson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2217-3 311 $a0-8078-3408-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGrassroots 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. 330 $aChallenging 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, vociferously 606 $aWomen abolitionists$zNorthwest, Old$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAbolitionists$zNorthwest, Old$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAntislavery movements$zNorthwest, Old$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zNorthwest, Old$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNorthwest, Old$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aWomen abolitionists$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a326/.80820977 676 $a326.80820977 700 $aRobertson$b Stacey M$01597092 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828274103321 996 $aHearts beating for liberty$93918726 997 $aUNINA