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Colonization and its discontents : emancipation, emigration, and antislavery in antebellum Pennsylvania /
Pennsylvania contained the largest concentration of early America's abolitionist leaders and organizations, making it a necessary and illustrative stage from which to understand how national conversations about the place of free blacks in early America originated and evolved, and, importantly,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Early American places.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Pennsylvania contained the largest concentration of early America's abolitionist leaders and organizations, making it a necessary and illustrative stage from which to understand how national conversations about the place of free blacks in early America originated and evolved, and, importantly, the role that colonization-supporting the emigration of free and emancipated blacks to Africa-played in national and international antislavery movements. Beverly C. Tomek's meticulous exploration of the archives of the American Colonization Society, Pennsylvania's abolitionist societies, and colonization. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814783498 081478349X 9780814784433 0814784437 |