Suchergebnisse

"The Quakers came to America in the 17th century to seek religious freedom. After years of struggle, they achieved success in various endeavors and, like many wealthy colonists of the time, bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves"--

Introduction -- Elite Abolitionism -- Pro-Slavery Rhetoric -- The Moral Repertoire of Abolitionism -- The Theatricalization of Politics -- Expansion -- Results-Based Abolitionism -- Votes: A Movement/Government Alliance -- Bullets: Movement and Countermovement -- The March to Victory -- Future of the Preterite -- Abolitionism as a Social Movement.

"Based on a comprehensive analysis of over 200 contemporary slave narratives, this study foregrounds survivors' voices, illustrating that an anti-slavery movement that listens to the experiences of enslaved people can lead to important insights and enable the implementation of more effective interventions"--

A call to consciousness, 1831-1843 -- From concern to crusade, 1843-1849 -- Upheaval in our town, 1850-1854 -- Call to war, 1855-1868

No taint of compromise : varieties of antislavery leadership -- A self-sharpening plough : Alvan Stewart's challenge to slavery -- To mitigate the suffering of our countrymen : John Greenleaf Whittier, abolitionist poet -- Black men have no rights which white men are bound to respect : Charles Langston and the drive for equality -- The barbarism of slavery : Owen Lovejoy and the congressional assault on slavery -- Freemen to the rescue : Sherman M. Booth and the Fugitive Slave Act -- Free men, free soil, and free homes : Jane Swisshelm's search -- My triumph had no taint of compromise : George Washington Julian, free soiler-republican -- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude : David Wilmont and the containment of slavery -- The plight of slavery will cover the land : Benjamin and Edward Wade, brothers in antislavery politics -- Quite a female politician : Jessie Benton Frémont and the antislavery movement -- Crusaders in antislavery politics : a shared commitment