Warner Mifflin : unflinching Quaker abolitionist / Gary B. Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, Gary B., author.

Series:

Early American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798.

Mifflin, Warner.

Quakers--Delaware--Camden--Biography.

Quakers.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Delaware--Camden.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Summary:

Warner Mifflin, energetic, uncompromising, and reviled, was the key figure connecting the abolitionist movements before and after the American revolution. A descendant of one of the pioneering famiies of William Penn's "Holy Experiment," Miffline upheld the Quaker pacifist doctrine, carrying the peace testimony to Generals Howe and Washington across the blood-soaked Germantown battle field and traveling several thousands miles by horse up and down the Atlantic seaboard to stiffen the spines of the beleaguered Quakers, harried and exiled for their neutrality during the war of independence. Mifflin was also a pioneer of slave reparations, championing the radical idea that after their liberation, Aficans in America were entitled to cash payments and land or share crop arrangments. Preaching "restitution," Miffline led the way in making Kent County, Delaware, a center of reparationist doctrine. After the war, Miffline became the premier legislative lobbyist of his generation, introducing methods of reaching state and national legislators to promote antislavery action. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The making of a Quaker reformer

Trial by fire

To reform a nation

Widening the circle

Finish line

Mifflin's long shadow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line -- 1) "Remarks on the Slave Trade" broadside, Pennsylvania Abolition Society papers [0490]. Page 163.; 2) "One Hundred and Twenty Dollars Reward" advertisement, Delaware and Eastern Shore Advertiser, 17 Sept. 1794. Page 195.

ISBN:

9780812249491

0812249496

OCLC:

980525559