Philadelphia Quakers and the antislavery movement /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Temple, Brian, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Temas:
1700-1899
Antislavery movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Quaker abolitionists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Abolitionists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Abolitionnistes quakers > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Abolitionnistes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Quaker abolitionists
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Removing the plank. Quaker beginnings
  • Quaker beginnings in America
  • Friends and slavery
  • Victory and retreat
  • Part II. Removing the splinter. The Revolution
  • Creating a free nation, not a free people
  • Legal help in and out of court
  • The American Colonization Society and the schism
  • Other avenues explored
  • Part III. The Underground Railroad. Standing against the tide
  • The tracks of the underground railroad
  • The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
  • The penalty for defiance
  • The tricks of the trade
  • Stories of the underground
  • The last fetter broken.

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