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William Jay : abolitionist and anticolonialist /
A founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Jay was one of the most prolific and influential abolitionists of his day, yet Americans know little about him. This is the first extensive examination of his life and work in over 100 years. Like many of his contemporaries, Jay looked at a rap...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Jay was one of the most prolific and influential abolitionists of his day, yet Americans know little about him. This is the first extensive examination of his life and work in over 100 years. Like many of his contemporaries, Jay looked at a rapidly changing America and it frightened him. As a conservative social reformer, it was not merely sinfulness that alarmed Jay, but the perception that America was betraying its founding principles. From his early involvement in local temperance societies to his conversion to the cause of immediate a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313043329 9780313043321 9786612407932 661240793X 1282407937 9781282407930 |