ISBN:
9781469653938
Language:
English
Pages:
342 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery History
;
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated History
;
Antislavery movements History 18th century
;
Antislavery movements History 19th century
;
Free African Americans Political activity
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
History
;
United States Race relations
;
History
;
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Abolitionismus
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Geschichte 1700-1899
;
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
;
Geschichte 1775-1840
Abstract:
The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project -- The "just rights of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation -- Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship -- "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice -- "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society -- A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization.
Abstract:
"Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition's comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index (S.330-342)
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