Standard-bearers of equality : America's first abolition movement / Paul J. Polgar.
Material type: TextPublication 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
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- Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery -- History
- New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated -- History
- Antislavery movements -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 19th century
- Free African Americans -- Political activity
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
- E446 .S736 2019
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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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