To plead our own cause: African Americans in Massachusetts and the making of the antislavery movement

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Puritans and Slavery -- 2. Black Abolitionist Writers in the Age of Revolution -- 3. Black Petitioning and Organized Abolitionism in Revolutionary Massachusetts -- 4. Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade -- 5. Massachusetts Blacks and the Growth of the Northern Antislavery Movement -- 6. Black Emigration and Abolition in the Early Republic -- 7. Abolitionism and the Politics of Slavery in Early Antebellum Massachusetts -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Puritans and Slavery -- 2. Black Abolitionist Writers in theAge of Revolution -- 3. Black Petitioning and Organized Abolitionism in Revolutionary Massachusetts -- 4. Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade -- 5. Massachusetts Blacks and the Growth of the Northern Antislavery Movement -- 6. Black Emigration and Abolition in the Early Republic -- 7. Abolitionism and the Politics of Slavery in Early Antebellum Massachusetts -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.