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A revolutionary conscience : Theodore Parker and antebellum America
- Title
- A revolutionary conscience : Theodore Parker and antebellum America / Paul E. Teed.
- Author
- Teed, Paul E.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
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- Description
- xviii, 290 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil-War America. A vocal critic, of traditional Christian thought and a militant opponent of American slavery, he led a huge congregation of religious dissenters in the very heart of Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1840s and 1850s. This book argues that Parker's radical vision and contemporary appeal stemmed from his-abiding faith in the human conscience and in the principles of the American revolutionary tradition. A leading figure in Boston's resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law, Parker became a key supporter of John Brown's dramatic but ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859. Propelled by a revolutionary conscience, Theodore Parker stood out as one of the most fearless religious reformers and social activists of his generation.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
- Call Number
- Sc D 13-49
- ISBN
- 9780761859635 (pbk.)
- 0761859632 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012941409
- OCLC
- 800034434
- Author
- Teed, Paul E.
- Title
- A revolutionary conscience : Theodore Parker and antebellum America / Paul E. Teed.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 13-49