Slavery and the meetinghouse [[electronic resource] ] : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / / Ryan P. Jordan
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Jordan Ryan P. <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Slavery and the meetinghouse [[electronic resource] ] : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / / Ryan P. Jordan
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 326.089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century |
| Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Slavery and the church - Society of Friends - History - 19th century | |
| Slavery and the church - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States | |
| Quakers - United States - Political activity - History - 19th century | |
| Quaker abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Pacifism - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Society of Friends - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Church history |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Slavery and the meetinghouse |
| ISBN: | 1-282-07853-4 |
| 9786612078538 | |
| 0-253-11709-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781929003321 |
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