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

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weiner, Dana Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2013.
Series:Early American places
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.