Author: Richard Newman
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807139912
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Antislavery and Abolition in Philadelphia considers the cultural, political, and religious contexts shaping the long struggle against racial injustice in one of early America's most important cities. Comprised of nine scholarly essays by a distinguished group of historians, the volume recounts the antislavery movement in Philadelphia from its marginalized status during the colonial era to its rise during the Civil War. Philadelphia was the home to the Society of Friends, which offered the first public attack on slavery in the 1680s; the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the western world's first antislavery group; and to generations of abolitionists who organized some of early America's most important civil rights groups. These abolitionists -- black, white, religious, secular, male, female -- grappled with the meaning of black freedom earlier and more consistently than anyone else in early American culture. Cutting-edge academic views illustrate Philadelphia's antislavery movement, how it survived societal opposition, and how it remained vital to evolving notions of racial justice.
Author: Brian Temple
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786494077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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The Quakers came to America in the 17th century to seek religious freedom. After years of struggle, they achieved success in various endeavors and, like many wealthy colonists of the time, bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, sparked by their religious beliefs, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves. Once they rejected slavery, the Quakers then began to petition the state and Federal governments to do the same. When those in power turned a blind eye to the suffering of those enslaved, the Quakers used both legal and, in the eyes of the government, illegal means to fight slavery. This determination to stand against slavery led some Quakers to join with others to be a part of the Underground Railroad. The transition from friend to foe of slavery was not a quick one but one that nevertheless was ahead of the rest of America.
Author: Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher:
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Author: Beverly C. Tomek
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1932304355
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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"A general introduction to the topic of slavery and abolition in Pennsylvania. Synthesizes works produced in that field from its beginning at the turn of the century to the present day"--
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Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: William Still
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783337417970
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Underground Rail Road is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author: Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society
Publisher:
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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"This guide lists the numerous examples of government documents, manuscripts, books, photographs, recordings and films in the collections of the Library of Congress which examine African-American life. Works by and about African-Americans on the topics of slavery, music, art, literature, the military, sports, civil rights and other pertinent subjects are discussed"--
Author: Ena Veronica Lindner Swain
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359139833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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This groundbreaking volume is an extraordinarily compelling and superbly well-annotated depiction of the birth of the Abolition Movement in North America in one extraordinary community: Germantown and its environs in Southeastern Pennsylvania, from the Colonial Period through the Civil War. The author presents a rich tapestry of vignettes, exhaustively researched, to illustrate the contributions of abolitionists whose agency fueled Abolitionism.
Author: Laura H. Lovell
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Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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