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The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the first time, addressed the slaves directly rather than aiming rebukes at white owners. By forthrightly embracing the slaves as allies and exhorti...

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Auteur principal: Harrold, Stanley
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Radicalisme.
Slavernij.
Abolitionisme.
Violence.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Slave insurrections.
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Discours americains.
Violence > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle > Sources.
Revoltes d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle > Sources.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle > Sources.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle > Sources.
Violence > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Revoltes d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Violence > Southern States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Slave insurrections > Southern States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Violence > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slave insurrections > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
Southern States.
Sources.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:The American conflict over slavery reached a turning point in the early 1840s when three leading abolitionists presented provocative speeches that, for the first time, addressed the slaves directly rather than aiming rebukes at white owners. By forthrightly embracing the slaves as allies and exhorting them to take action, these three addresses pointed toward a more inclusive and aggressive antislavery effort. These addresses were particularly frightening to white slaveholders who were significantly in the minority of the population in some parts of low country Georgia and South Carolina. The R.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages): portraits
ISBN:9780813156996

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