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

In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. This work reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers w...

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Main Author: Jordan, Ryan P., 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
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 > United States > History > 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.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780253117090
0253117097
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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