The transformation of American abolitionism : fighting slavery in the early Republic /

Newman, Richard S.,

The transformation of American abolitionism : fighting slavery in the early Republic / Richard S. Newman. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps - - Online access: HeinOnLine HeinOnline Civil Rights and Social Justice. .

Based on the author's thesis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.

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.

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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 1770s to the 1830s, covering the attitudes and actions which made it the radical cause we think of it as today.


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Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.


1700-1899


Antislavery movements--History--United States--18th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Abolitionists--History.--United States
African Americans--Politics and government--18th century.
African Americans--Politics and government--19th century.
Social change--History--United States--18th century.
Social change--History--United States--19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes--Histoire--États-Unis--18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes--Histoire.--États-Unis
Noirs américains--Politique et gouvernement--18e siècle.
Noirs américains--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Abolitionists.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Antislavery movements.
Race relations.
Social change.
Abolitionisme.
Slavernij.
United States - General.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.


United States--Race relations.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.


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Electronic books.
History.

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