Hearts beating for liberty: women abolitionists in the old Northwest
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Main Author: Robertson, Stacey M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2010
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Grassroots activism and female antislavery societies -- Abolitionist women and the Liberty Party -- Free produce in the old Northwest -- Antislavery fairs, cooperation, and community building -- Women lecturers and radical antislavery -- Abolitionists and fugitive slaves -- Woman's rights and abolition in the West
Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus by plunging into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supporting a Quaker-led boycott of slave goods, and tirelessly aiding fugitives and free blacks in their communities. Western women worked closely with male abolitionists, belying the notion of separate spheres that characterized abolitionism in the East
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 303 pages)
ISBN:0807834084
0807899488
146960633X
9780807834084
9780807899489
9781469606330

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