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Fighting for a free Missouri : German immigrants, African Americans, and the issue of slavery / edited by Sydney J. Norton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norton, Sydney.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists--Missouri--History--19th century.
- Abolitionists.
- Antislavery movements--Missouri--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- German Americans--Missouri--History--19th century.
- German Americans.
- German Americans--Missouri Political activity--19th century.
- Missouri--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Missouri.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, German American.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri, 2023.
- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- ""Fighting for a Free Missouri" features ten essays by scholars of German and American Studies, African American history, and sociology, that present contrasting perspectives on the political motives of Missouri German immigrants who fought against slavery before and during the Civil War. The diverse perspectives in this book attest to the complexity of German immigrants' place in the American political and social landscape, and makes evident the central and positive role that German political activism has played in the material lives of people of color and the establishment of democratic values in Missouri and the country at large"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword. German Immigrants, Slavery, and Race: Reflections on the Missouri Experience | Gary R. Kremer
- Preface | Sydney J. Norton
- Chapter 1. Missouri German Abolitionists: An Introduction | Sydney J. Norton
- Chapter 2. A History of African Americans in Missouri and the Resonance of German Antislavery Activism | John Wright Jr. and John Wright Sr.
- Chapter 3. Friedrich Muench, Missouri, and Slavery | Steven Rowan
- Chapter 4. Voices against Slavery: The Editors of Hermann's Newspapers | Cynthia Browne
- Chapter 5. Arnold Krekel: A Republican for Immigrant Rights and Racial Equality | Walter D. Kamphoefner
- Chapter 6. Henry Boernstein and the Abolition of Slavery: A Wild Ride | Steven Rowan
- Chapter 7. Nationalism, Political Activism, and Abolitionism in Missouri Turner Societies | Sydney J. Norton
- Chapter 8. The Missouri Forty-Eighters and Friedrich Hecker | Manuela Engstler
- Chapter 9. Evolving toward Abolition: German Attitudes toward the Fugitive Slave and Kansas-Nebraska Acts | Kristen Layne Anderson
- Chapter 10. German Abolitionists' Story Inspires Reconciliation and Builds Community in Missouri | Cecilia A. Nadal
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen..
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Norton, Sydney J. Fighting for a Free Missouri
- ISBN:
- 9780826274939
- 0826274935
- OCLC:
- 1376789165
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