Slavery and the meetinghouse : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865

Slavery and the meetinghouse : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 /

In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. This work reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers w...

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Main Author: Jordan, Ryan P., 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery and the church > Society of Friends > History > 19th century.
Slavery and the church > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Quakers > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
Quaker abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century.
Pacifism > United States > History > 19th century.
Society of Friends > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Church history.
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