Proclaim liberty! : antislavery and civil rights in Pennsylvania, 1688-1887, essays By Ira V. Brown

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Ira V. (Ira Vernon), 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Pennsylvania--Anti-slavery movements.

Slavery.

African Americans--Civil rights--Pennsylvania.

African Americans.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--History.

Physical Description:

vi, 382 p. ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, I.V. Brown, 2000.

Contents:

1. "Do unto other": antislavery pioneers, 1688-1776.

2. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hppiness": the early national period, 1776-1833.

3. "Immediate emancipation": the formation of the American Antislavery Society, 1833.

4. "Shave that tall Christ!": C. C. Burleigh in Pennsylvania, 1836-1837.

5. "A prudent rash man": Miller McKim and Pennsylvania abolitionism, 1833-1862.

6. "Am I not a woman and a sister?" the Philadelphia Female Antislavery Society, 1833-1840.

7. "A temple of amalgamation": the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, 1838.

8. "Moral and political action": the Liberty Party in Pennsylvania, 1840-1845.

9. "Free soil ... free men": slavery in the territories

fugitive slaves, 1846-1861.

10. "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land": emancipation, 1861-1865.

11. "The right of citizens to vote": William D. Kelley and radical reconstruction, 1865-1870.

12. "Equal protection of the laws": Pennsylvania and the rights of clacks, 1865-1887.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

44759054