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Standard-bearers of equality : America's first abolition movement / Paul J. Polgar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; (c)2019.; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469653952
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E446 .S736 2019
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Contents:
The "just rights of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation -- Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship -- "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice -- "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society -- A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization.
Subject: "Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition's comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project -- The "just rights of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation -- Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship -- "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice -- "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society -- A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization.

"Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition's comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality"--

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