The culture of English antislavery, 1780-1860 / David Turley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turley, David, 1941-

Turley D Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--Great Britain.

Antislavery movements.

Abolitionists--Great Britain--History.

Abolitionists.

Social reformers--Great Britain--History.

Social reformers.

Slavery and the church--Great Britain--History.

Slavery and the church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a fresh overall account of organised antislavery by focusing on the active minority of abolutionists throughout the country. The analysis of their culture of reform demonstrates the way in which alliances of diverse religious groups roused public opinion and influenced political leaders. The resulting definition of the distinctive `reform mentality' links antislavery to other efforts at moral and social improvement and highlights its contradictory relations to the social effects of industrialization and the growth of liberalism.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; APPROACH AND CONTEXTS; ARGUMENT AND IDEOLOGY; MAKING ABOLITIONISTS: Engaging with the world; BEING ABOLITIONISTS: Harmony and tension in the internal culture of antislavery; ABOLITIONISTS AND THE MIDDLE-CLASS REFORM COMPLEX; ANTISLAVERY, RADICALISM AND PATRIOTISM; THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CONNECTION; CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-97744-1

0-203-28575-1

1-280-32616-6

1-134-97745-X

0-203-16933-6

9780203169339

OCLC:

52849033