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Hearts beating for liberty : women abolitionists in the old Northwest /

Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus by plunging into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supporting a Q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robertson, Stacey M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Grassroots activism and female antislavery societies
  • Abolitionist women and the Liberty Party
  • Free produce in the old Northwest
  • Antislavery fairs, cooperation, and community building
  • Women lecturers and radical antislavery
  • Abolitionists and fugitive slaves
  • Woman's rights and abolition in the West.