The transformation of American abolitionism : fighting slavery in the early Republic / Richard S. Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Richard S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--United States--History--18th century.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Abolitionists--United States--History.

Abolitionists.

African Americans--Politics and government--18th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government--19th century.

Social change--United States--History--18th century.

Social change.

Social change--United States--History--19th century.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Based upon the author's dissertation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.

ISBN:

9798890874191

9780807860458

080786045X

OCLC:

476237212