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Slavery and the meetinghouse, the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865, Ryan P. Jordan

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Slavery and the meetinghouse, the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865, Ryan P. Jordan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Slavery and the meetinghouse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71241877

Responsibility statement

Ryan P. Jordan

Review

"This book explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried to end slavery through peaceful protest."--Jacket

Sub title

the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865

Table Of 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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