Their right to speak : women's activism in the Indian and slave debates / Alisse Portnoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portnoy, Alisse, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women political activists--United States--History--19th century.

Women political activists.

Political participation--United States--History--19th century.

Political participation.

Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century.

Women abolitionists.

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

Antislavery movements.

Indians of North America--Relocation.

Indians of North America.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--Public opinion--History--19th century.

Indians, Treatment of.

Petitions--United States--History--19th century.

Petitions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this groundbreaking study, Portnoy links antebellum Indian removal debates with crucial, simultaneous debates about African Americans--abolition of slavery and African colonization--revealing ways European American women negotiated prohibitions to make their voices heard. Situating the debates within contemporary, competing ideas about race, religion, and nation, Portnoy examines the means by which women argued for a "right to speak" on national policy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Terminology

Introduction

1 "Causes of Alarm to Our Whole Country"

2 "A Right to Speak on the Subject"

3 "The Difference between Cruelty to the Slave, and Cruelty to the Indian"

4 "Merely Public Opinion in Legal Forms"

5 "On the Very Eve of Coming Out"

6 "Coming from One Who Has a Right to Speak"

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674042223

0674042220

OCLC:

651995183