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Oberlin, hotbed of abolitionism : college, community, and the fight for freedom and equality in antebellum America
- Title
- Oberlin, hotbed of abolitionism : college, community, and the fight for freedom and equality in antebellum America / J. Brent Morris.
- Author
- Morris, J. Brent.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 332 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: facts are sometimes stranger than fiction -- To save the godless west: revivalism, abolition, and the founding of Oberlin -- The worthies of Oberlin: antislavery expansion in the late 1830s -- A city upon a hill: utopian Oberlin -- A hotbed of abolitionism -- All the truly wise or truly pious have the same end in view: Oberlin and abolitionist schism -- The tyrant's grapple by our vote, we'll loosen from our brother's throat: Oberlin, free soil, and the fight for equal rights -- We must watch and improve this tide: Oberlin confronts the slave power, 1850-1858 -- That railroad center at which all branches converged: Oberlin and the underground railroad -- This drama of genuine manhood and courage: Oberlin and the fight for freedom -- Epilogue: be not conformed to this world.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-1429
- ISBN
- 9781469618272 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1469618273 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781469618289 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014002680
- 40023955500
- OCLC
- 875402967
- Author
- Morris, J. Brent.
- Title
- Oberlin, hotbed of abolitionism : college, community, and the fight for freedom and equality in antebellum America / J. Brent Morris.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40023955500
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-1429