Abolitionists of south central Pennsylvania / Cooper H. Wingert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wingert, Cooper H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abolitionists--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.

Abolitionists.

Fugitive slaves--Pennsylvania--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Pennsylvania--Social conditions--19th century.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Race relations--History--19th century.

Social conditions.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.

Contents:

"We have the wolf by the ear": slavery in America

"The iron entered my soul": Benjamin Lundy and the moral calling

"The scales fell from my eyes": William Lloyd Garrison and Cumberland County abolitionists

"Of one blood": the Adams County anti-slavery society

"By religious profession": Franklin County abolitionists

"The windows were closed to prevent discovery": York County abolitionists

"This is the language of America": Columbia, Dauphin and Eastward

"The atmosphere was charged": colleges and the abolition question

"Some horrible tales of cruelty": the Underground Railroad in the 1850s

"It would array the whole country against us": John Brown's raid, 1859

"Not a slave beneath its fold": abolitionists' final effort.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-154) and index.

Local Notes:

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

9781467139144

1467139149

OCLC:

1028882857