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Confronting slavery : Edward Coles and the rise of antislavery politics in nineteenth-century America /
Edward Coles, who lived from 1786-1868, is most often remembered for his antislavery correspondence with Thomas Jefferson in 1814, freeing his slaves in 1819, and leading the campaign against the legalization of slavery in Illinois during the 1823-24 convention contest. In this biography, the author...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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DeKalb, Illinois :
Northern Illinois University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Early American places.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Edward Coles, who lived from 1786-1868, is most often remembered for his antislavery correspondence with Thomas Jefferson in 1814, freeing his slaves in 1819, and leading the campaign against the legalization of slavery in Illinois during the 1823-24 convention contest. In this biography, the author demonstrates for the first time how Edward Coles continued to confront slavery for nearly forty years after his time in Illinois. Not only did he attempt to shape the slavery debates in Virginia immediately before and after Nat Turner's rebellion, he also consistently entered national political discussions about slavery throughout the 1830s, 40s, and 50s. On each occasion, Coles promoted a vision of the nation that combined a celebration of America's antislavery past with an endorsement of free labor ideology and colonization, a broad appeal that was designed to mollify his fellow-countrymen's sense of economic self-interest and virulent anti-Black prejudice. As the author persuasively shows, Coles's antislavery nationalism, first crafted in Illinois in the 1820s, became the foundation of the Republican Party platform and ultimately contributed to the destruction of slavery. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-284) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1609090829 9781609090821 9781501756894 1501756893 |