To set this world right : the antislavery movement in Thoreau's Concord /

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In the decade before the Civil War, Concord, Massachusetts, was a center of abolitionist sentiment and activism. To Set this World Right is the first book to recover and examine the voices, events, and influence of the antebellum antislavery movement in Concord. In addressing fundamental questions a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Petrulionis, Sandra Harbert, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Concord > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Massachusetts > Concord > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Massachusetts > Concord > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes > Massachusetts > Concord > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Massachusetts > Concord
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A call to consciousness, 1831-1843
  • From concern to crusade, 1843-1849
  • Upheaval in our town, 1850-1854
  • Call to war, 1855-1868.

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