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Philadelphia quakers and the antislavery movement

Title
Philadelphia quakers and the antislavery movement / Brian Temple.
Author
Temple, Brian, 1955-
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

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Description
viii, 232 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"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, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves"--
Subject
  • Antislavery movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History
  • Quaker abolitionists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History
  • Abolitionists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 18th century
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
Contents
Part I. Removing the plank -- Quaker beginnings -- Quaker beginnings in America -- Friends and slavery -- Victory and retreat -- Part II. Removing the splinter -- The Revolution -- Creating a free nation, not a free people -- Legal help in and out of court -- The American Colonization Society and the schism -- Other avenues explored -- Part III. The underground railroad -- Standing against the tide -- The tracks of the underground railroad -- The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act -- The penalty for defiance -- The tricks of the trade -- Stories of the underground -- The last fetter broken.
Call Number
Sc E 14-314
ISBN
  • 9780786494071 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786494077 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781476615776 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014015522
OCLC
866620357
Author
Temple, Brian, 1955-
Title
Philadelphia quakers and the antislavery movement / Brian Temple.
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 14-314
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