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Online-Ressource (264 p)
ISBN:
9780813119069
Content:
Within the American antislavery movement, abolitionists were distinct from others in the movement in advocating, on the basis of moral principle, the immediate emancipation of slaves and equal rights for black people. Instead of focusing on the ""immediatists"" as products of northern culture, as many previous historians have done, Stanley Harrold examines their involvement with antislavery action in the South--particularly in the region that bordered the free states. How, he asks, did antislavery action in the South help shape abolitionist beliefs and policies in the period leading up to the
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The South in Antislavery History; 2. An Image of a Southern White Emancipator; 3. An Image of a Southern Black Liberator; 4. John Brown's Forerunners; 5. Preaching an Abolitionist Gospel in the South; 6. Antislavery Colonies in the Upper South; Illustrations; 7. The Intersectional Politics of Southern Abolitionism; 8. Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813148243
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813119069
Additional Edition:
Print version The Abolitionists and the South, 1831-1861
Language:
English
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