Elusive Utopia : The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio /

"Before the Civil War, Oberlin, Ohio, stood in the vanguard of the abolition and black freedom movements. The community, including co-founded Oberlin College, strove to end slavery and establish full equality for all. Yet, in the half-century after the Union victory, Oberlin's resolute sta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kornblith, Gary J. (Gary John), 1950- (Autor), Lasser, Carol (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
Abolitionists > Ohio > Oberlin > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Ohio > Oberlin > History > 19th century.
Ohio > Oberlin.
Oberlin (Ohio) > History > 19th century.
Oberlin (Ohio) > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Envisioning utopia
  • The arrival of African Americans
  • An experiment in racial integration
  • Means and ends in Oberlin abolitionism
  • Fighting for equal rights in the Civil War era
  • The postwar pursuit of black political power
  • Race and opportunity in the late nineteenth century
  • Temperance, gender, and the racialization of respectability
  • Utopia forsaken
  • Epilogue.

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