Race and rights : fighting slavery and prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870 /

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In the Old Northwest from 1830 to 1870, a bold set of activists battled slavery and racial prejudice. This book is about their expansive efforts to eradicate southern slavery and its local influence in the contentious milieu of four new states carved out of the Northwest Territory: Illinois, Indiana...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiner, Dana Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2013.
Colección:Early American places
Temas:
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > Northwest, Old > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Northwest, Old > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Northwest, Old > Social conditions > 19th century.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Northwest, Old > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Antislavery movements.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Race relations.
Northwest, Old > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States > Old Northwest.
antislavery, Black Convention Movement, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Northwest Territory, Northwest Ordinance, Early America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 / Activist Taproots: Place, Reform, and the Quest for Unity; 2 / Scrubbing at the "Bloody Stain of Oppression":A Human Rights Movement against Unjust Laws, 1830-1849; 3 / "Stand Firm on the Platform of Truth": Freedom of Assembly and Local Antislavery Organizations in the Old Northwest; 4 / "The Palladium of Our Liberties": Freedom of the Press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848; 5 / "An Odd Place for Navigation": Itinerant Lecturers and Freedom of Speech,1830-1849; 6 / Itinerant Lecturers in a Fracturing Nation, 1850-1861.
  • 7 / The Potential for Radical Change: The Turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and Resilient RacismConclusion; Appendix: Old Northwest Population Statistics, 1800-1870; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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