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Rebels in paradise : sketches of Northampton abolitionists / Bruce Laurie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laurie, Bruce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Northampton--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Antislavery movements--United States.
- Antislavery movements.
- Northampton (Mass.)--History--19th century.
- Northampton (Mass.).
- Northampton (Mass.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Long ago dubbed the "Paradise of America," Northampton, Massachusetts, is also known as the home of visionaries--from the Reverend Jonathan Edwards, father of the First Great Awakening, to George W.Benson, brother-in-law of William Lloyd Garrison and a founder of the utopian Northampton Association for Education and Industry.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The setting
- Sylvester Judd: Skeptical abolitionist
- David Ruggles: Blind man with vision
- John Payson Williston: Abolitionist as prohibitionist
- Henry S. Gere: Journalist as abolitionist
- Erastus Hopkins: idealist as politician
- Epilogue: Paradise at war.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-341-7
- OCLC:
- 919384515
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