| Description |
xxi, 303 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-295) and index. |
| Contents |
Racial equality in the era of the American Revolution -- Toward a Herrenvolk republic : the meaning of African colonization -- The black struggle for racial equality, 1817-1832 -- The conversion of William Lloyd Garrison -- "The hidden springs of prejudice" -- The assault on racial prejudice, 1831-1837 -- William Goodell and the market revolution -- Anatomy of white abolitionism -- God, the churches, and slavery -- "The tide of moral power" -- Abolitionists versus aristocrats -- Workers, radical Jacksonians, and abolitionism -- Anatomy of female abolitionism -- Roots of female abolitionism -- Female abolitionist activism -- The American peculiarity -- Of one blood. |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0520207947 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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