ISBN:
9780807137444
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.891/62073
Keywords:
O'Connell, Daniel, -- 1775-1847
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Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century
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Irish Americans -- Politics and government -- 19th century
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Irish Americans -- Attitudes
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Irish question
Abstract:
In American Slavery, Irish Freedom, Angela F. Murphy examines the interactions among abolitionists, Irish nationalists, and American citizens as the issues of slavery and abolition complicated the first transatlantic movement for Irish independence. For Irish Americans, the call of Old World loyalties, perceived duties of American citizenship, and regional devotions collided as the slavery issue intertwined with their efforts on behalf of their homeland. By looking at the makeup and rhetoric of the American repeal associations, the pressures on Irish Americans applied by both abolitionists and American nativists, and the domestic and transatlantic political situation that helped to define the repealers' response to antislavery appeals, Murphy investigates and explains why many Irish Americans did not support abolitionism.
Abstract:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction: Repeal, Abolition, and Irish America -- 1. Daniel O'Connell and Two Transatlantic Movements -- 2. American Slavery: An Irish Question -- 3. Irish Repeal: An American Question -- 4. The Irish Address -- 5. Abolitionists and Irish Repeal -- 6. O'Connell's Antislavery Appeal -- 7. Cincinnati and Clontarf -- 8. Nativism and Repeal -- 9. The "American Eagle" and the Decline of Repeal -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Biographical Sketches of Select American Repeal Leaders -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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