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Quakers and the enslaved in North Carolina / J. Timothy Allen.

Van Pelt Library BX7648.N8 A58 2026
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Allen, J. Timothy (James Timothy), 1959- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Society of Friends--United States--History--1775-1865.
Society of Friends.
Society of Friends--North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
Quaker abolitionists--United States--History--1775-1865.
Quaker abolitionists.
Quaker abolitionists--North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--1775-1865.
Antislavery movements.
Antislavery movements--North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
Enslaved persons.
Underground Railroad--North Carolina--History.
Underground Railroad.
Manumission Society of North Carolina.
North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
North Carolina.
Physical Description:
174 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Charleston, SC : The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing, 2026.
Summary:
"Quakers settled the Carolina Colony in the 1650s, bringing their slaves and servants with them. Industrious coastal Quakers soon rose to prominence on the backs of their enslaved men and women, and Piedmont Quaker lives were enriched by the people they enslaved as well. Sparked by the observations of John Woolman, Carolina Quakers took up the battle against slavery in the 1700s, beginning with themselves. Legal conflicts, the Free Negro program, colonization, the North Carolina Manumission Society and the Underground Railroad were the results. Combining North Carolina slave narratives, runaway slave ads, digital archives, local histories and internet blogs, Tim Allen re-creates the inspiring story of Tarheel Quakers who fought each other and the state to abolish enslavement in antebellum North Carolina"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction
Quakers and enslaved in early colonial Carolina
Quakers in Northeastern North Carolina
Quakers in Core Sound
Quakers in Piedmont North Carolina
Quakers Against Quakers
Quakers versus North Carolina
Quaker Free Negroes
Quakers and the Meeting for Sufferings
Quakers and the North Carolina Manumission Society
Quakers and the Maritime Railroad
Quakers and the Aboveground Railroad
Quakers and the Underground Railroad
Quakers, freedom, and education.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.
ISBN:
146715900X
9781467159005
OCLC:
1529577524
Publisher Number:
90103852521

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