Race and rights : fighting slavery and prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870 / Dana Elizabeth Weiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Dana Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--Northwest, Old--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Northwest, Old--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Northwest, Old--Social conditions--19th century.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Northwest, Old--History--19th century.

Race discrimination.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

History.

Social conditions.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Northwest, Old--Race relations--History--19th century.

Northwest, Old.

Northwest, Old--History--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

xiii, 327 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2013]

Summary:

A collaborative book series supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Early American Places focuses on the history of North America from contact to the Mexican War, locating historical developments in the specific places where they occurred and were contested. By restricting its focus to smaller geographic Scales, the series will combine up-to-date scholarly sophistication with an emphasis on local particularities and trajectories. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Activist taproots : place, reform, and the quest for unity

Scrubbing at the "bloody stain of oppression" : a human rights movement against unjust laws, 1830-1849

"Stand firm on the platform of truth" : freedom of assembly and local antislavery organizations in the Old Northwest

"The palladium of our liberties" : freedom of the press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848

"An odd place for navigation" : itinerant lecturers and freedom of speech, 1830-1849

Itinerant lecturers in a fracturing nation, 1850-1861

The potential for radical change : the turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and resilient racism

Conclusion

Appendix A: Old Northwest population statistics, 1800-1870.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780875804576

0875804578

9781609090722

1609090721

OCLC:

788273326