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The Transformation of American Abolitionism [[electronic resource] ] : Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic



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Autore: Newman Richard S Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Transformation of American Abolitionism [[electronic resource] ] : Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 306.3620973
326.8/0973
Soggetto topico: Abolitionists
African Americans
Antislavery movements
Social change
History
Political Science
Social Science
Antislavery movements - History - 18th century - United States
Antislavery movements - History - 19th century - United States
Abolitionists - History - 18th century - United States
African Americans - Politics and government - 19th century - United States
African Americans - Politics and government - 18th century - United States
Social change - History - 19th century
Social change - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Preface; Introduction: Abolitionist Transformations; 1. Republican Strategies; 2. Deferential Petitioners; 3. Creating Free Spaces; 4. An Appeal to the Heart; 5. From Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, from Colonization to Immediatism; 6. The New Abolitionist Imperative; 7. A Whole Lot of Shoe Leather; Epilogue: The Struggle Continued; Appendix 1: Letters from Maryland Slaveholders to Judge William Tilghman, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Appendix 2: Maps; Notes;
Sommario/riassunto: A history of how abolitionism evolved from an elite and conservative movement to a radical, grassroots reform cause. It traces the development of the abolitionist movement from the 1770's to the 1830's, covering the attitudes and actions which made it the radical cause we think of it as today.
Titolo autorizzato: The Transformation of American Abolitionism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908741-9-1
0-8078-6045-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783165003321
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