Standard-bearers of equality America's first abolition movement
"Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unear...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill :
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press
[2019]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42575199*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project
- The "just rights of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation
- Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship
- "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice
- "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society
- A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization.
