ISBN:
9780875804576
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (341 p)
Series Statement:
Northern Illinois University Press - Early American Places
Parallel Title:
Print version Race and Rights : Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870
DDC:
305.80097709
Keywords:
African Americans ; Legal status, laws, etc ; Northwest, Old ; History ; 19th century
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African Americans ; Northwest, Old ; Social conditions ; 19th century
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Antislavery movements ; Northwest, Old ; History ; 19th century
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Northwest, Old ; Race relations ; History ; 19th century
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Race discrimination ; Law and legislation ; Northwest, Old ; History ; 19th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 / Activist Taproots: Place, Reform, and the Quest for Unity -- 2 / Scrubbing at the "Bloody Stain of Oppression":A Human Rights Movement against Unjust Laws, 1830-1849 -- 3 / "Stand Firm on the Platform of Truth": Freedom of Assembly and Local Antislavery Organizations in the Old Northwest -- 4 / "The Palladium of Our Liberties": Freedom of the Press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848 -- 5 / "An Odd Place for Navigation": Itinerant Lecturers and Freedom of Speech,1830-1849 -- 6 / Itinerant Lecturers in a Fracturing Nation, 1850-1861 -- 7 / The Potential for Radical Change: The Turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and Resilient Racism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Old Northwest Population Statistics, 1800-1870 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 / Activist Taproots: Place, Reform, and the Quest for Unity""; ""2 / Scrubbing at the “Bloody Stain of Oppression�:A Human Rights Movement against Unjust Laws, 1830�1849""; ""3 / “Stand Firm on the Platform of Truth�: Freedom of Assembly and Local Antislavery Organizations in the Old Northwest""; ""4 / “The Palladium of Our Liberties�: Freedom of the Press in the Old Northwest, 1837�1848""; ""5 / “An Odd Place for Navigation�: Itinerant Lecturers and Freedom of Speech,1830�1849""
Description / Table of Contents:
""6 / Itinerant Lecturers in a Fracturing Nation, 1850�1861""""7 / The Potential for Radical Change: The Turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and Resilient Racism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Old Northwest Population Statistics, 1800�1870""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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