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The abolitionist movement
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The abolitionist movement / Claudine L. Ferrell.
ISBN
0313331804 (alk. paper)
Published
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xx, 210 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 25, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-193) and index.
Contents
"In matters of right and equity" : from Quakers to revolution
"Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other" : slavery and anti-slavery in the new nation
"Though the heavens should fall" : abolitionism takes shape, the 1830s
"Contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man" : politics versus spirituality, the 1840s
"The storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake" : from politics and violence to freedom, the 1850s-1860s
Concluding interpretative essay.
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