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American Slavery, Irish Freedom : Abolition, Immigrant Citizenship, and the Transatlantic Movement for Irish Repeal /

In American Slavery, Irish Freedom, Angela F. Murphy examines the interactions among abolitionists, Irish nationalists, and American citizens as the issues of slavery and abolition complicated the first transatlantic movement for Irish independence. For Irish Americans, the call of Old World loyalti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Murphy, Angela F., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : repeal, abolition, and Irish America
  • Daniel O'Connell and two transatlantic movements
  • American slavery : an Irish question
  • Irish repeal : an American question
  • The Irish address
  • Abolitionists and Irish repeal
  • O'Connell's antislavery appeal
  • Cincinnati and Clontarf
  • Nativism and repeal
  • The "American Eagle" and the decline of repeal.