Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America / J. Brent Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, J. Brent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abolitionists--Ohio--Oberlin--History--19th century.

Abolitionists.

Antislavery movements--Ohio--Oberlin--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Oberlin (Ohio)--History--19th century.

Oberlin (Ohio).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (673 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America

Contents:

Introduction: facts are sometimes stranger than fiction

To save the godless west: revivalism, abolition, and the founding of Oberlin

The worthies of Oberlin: antislavery expansion in the late 1830s

A city upon a hill: utopian Oberlin

A hotbed of abolitionism

All the truly wise or truly pious have the same end in view: Oberlin and abolitionist schism

The tyrant's grapple by our vote, we'll loosen from our brother's throat: Oberlin, free soil, and the fight for equal rights

We must watch and improve this tide: Oberlin confronts the slave power, 1850-1858

That railroad center at which all branches converged: Oberlin and the underground railroad

This drama of genuine manhood and courage: Oberlin and the fight for freedom

Epilogue: be not conformed to this world.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890844149

9798890844156

9781469618296

146961829X

9781469618289

1469618281

OCLC:

883631959