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"Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unear...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Polgar, Paul J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery > History.
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated > History.
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
1700-1899
Antislavery movements > Middle Atlantic States > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > Middle Atlantic States > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Political activity.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains affranchis > Activité politique.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
HISTORY > African American.
African Americans > Civil rights
Antislavery movements
Race relations
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Middle Atlantic States
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition's comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469653952
1469653958
9781469653945
146965394X

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