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Sister societies : women's antislavery organizations in antebellum America
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Sister societies : women's antislavery organizations in antebellum America / Beth A. Salerno.
ISBN
0875803385 (clothbound : alk. paper)
9780875803388 (clothbound : alk. paper)
Published
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2005.
Physical Description
x, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the power of association
Antecedents, 1760-1831 : influences and organizations
Organizational beginnings, 1832-1837 : networks and spheres
United amid differences, 1836-1837 : conventions and petitions
Internal divisions, 1837-1840 : debates and choices
Transition and transformation, 1841-1855 : morality and politics
Conclusion : Civil War and emancipation, 1861-1870 : ironies and legacies.
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