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

Title: Slavery and the meetinghouse [electronic resource] : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / Ryan P. Jordan.
Author: Jordan, Ryan P., 1977-
Publication: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

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Description

1 online resource (xiv, 175 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Slavery and the meetinghouse (Online)

Alternative Title

Slavery and the meetinghouse (Online)

Subject

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 > History > United States > 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

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: Quakers, slavery, and the "peaceable kingdom" -- Quaker gradualists and the challenge of abolitionism -- Slavery, religious liberty, and the "political" abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends -- Friends and the "children of Africa" : Quaker abolitionists confront the Negro pew -- "Progressive" Friends and the government of God -- Quaker pacifism and civil disobedience in the antebellum period -- Conclusion: "Fighting Quakers," abolitionists, and the Civil War.

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