The transformation of American abolitionism : fighting slavery in the early Republic / / Richard S. Newman

• Autore: Newman Richard S
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 326.8/0973
• Soggetto topico: Antislavery movements - United States - History - 18th century; Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century; Abolitionists - United States - History; African Americans - Politics and government - 18th century; African Americans - Politics and government - 19th century; Social change - United States - History - 18th century; Social change - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
• Note generali: Based upon the author's dissertation.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.
• 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
• ISBN: 979-88-908741-9-1; 0-8078-6045-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818800503321
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