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Abolition movement / T. Adams Upchurch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Upchurch, Thomas Adams.
- Series:
- Landmarks of the American mosaic.
- Landmarks of the American mosaic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antislavery movements--United States--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 195 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tells the story of the men and women who spent their lives and fortunes trying to abolish the institution of slavery in the United States.
- Contents:
- Chronology of American slavery and abolition
- From common practice to peculiar institution : slavery and abolitionism to 1816
- The emergence of a national movement : 1816 to 1840
- Growing pains of the abolition movement : 1840 to 1848
- Slavery, abolition, and the West : 1848 to 1856
- Toward the Civil War : slavery meets its doom, 1856 to 1865
- Biographical profiles of key abolitionists.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613056573
- 9781283056571
- 1283056577
- 9780313386077
- 0313386072
- OCLC:
- 715236757
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