The fortunate heirs of freedom : abolition & Republican thought /

Across lines of race, gender, religion, and class, abolitionists understood their reform effort in the same basic terms -- as part of a continuous struggle between the forces of power and the forces of liberty in which vigilant citizens battled tyranny and corruption, defending the independence and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McInerney, Daniel John, 1951-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1994.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > United States.
Abolitionists > Political activity > United States.
Republicanism > United States > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis.
Abolitionnistes > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Républicanisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Abolitionists > Political activity
Antislavery movements
Republicanism
Abolitionisme.
Republikanisme.
Ideeën.
United States
Slavery > History
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The fine thread : the problem of Republican slavery
  • Republican memories : the abolitionists' sense of history
  • A faith for freedom : the political gospel of abolition
  • Power, passion, and personality : abolition and American politics
  • The costs of liberty : the abolitionist argument on political economy
  • Declarations of independence : the language of liberty and the identity of the republic
  • Conclusion : the Republican edge
  • Bibliographic essay.

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