The Abolitionists and the South, 1831-1861

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Within the American antislavery movement, abolitionists were distinct from others in the movement in advocating, on the basis of moral principle, the immediate emancipation of slaves and equal rights for black people. Instead of focusing on the ""immediatists"" as products of nor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrold, Stanley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Abolitionists > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Within the American antislavery movement, abolitionists were distinct from others in the movement in advocating, on the basis of moral principle, the immediate emancipation of slaves and equal rights for black people. Instead of focusing on the ""immediatists"" as products of northern culture, as many previous historians have done, Stanley Harrold examines their involvement with antislavery action in the South--particularly in the region that bordered the free states. How, he asks, did antislavery action in the South help shape abolitionist beliefs and policies in the period leading up to the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (234 pages).
ISBN:9780813148243

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