The Great Silent Army Of Abolitionism
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The Great Silent Army Of Abolitionism
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Author : Julie Roy Jeffrey
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
The Great Silent Army Of Abolitionism written by Julie Roy Jeffrey and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-09 with History categories.
By focusing on male leaders of the abolitionist movement, historians have often overlooked the great grassroots army of women who also fought to eliminate slavery. Here, Julie Roy Jeffrey explores the involvement of ordinary women--black and white--in the most significant reform movement prior to the Civil War. She offers a complex and compelling portrait of antebellum women's activism, tracing its changing contours over time. For more than three decades, women raised money, carried petitions, created propaganda, sponsored lecture series, circulated newspapers, supported third-party movements, became public lecturers, and assisted fugitive slaves. Indeed, Jeffrey says, theirs was the day-to-day work that helped to keep abolitionism alive. Drawing from letters, diaries, and institutional records, she uses the words of ordinary women to illuminate the meaning of abolitionism in their lives, the rewards and challenges that their commitment provided, and the anguished personal and public steps that abolitionism sometimes demanded they take. Whatever their position on women's rights, argues Jeffrey, their abolitionist activism was a radical step--one that challenged the political and social status quo as well as conventional gender norms.
Abolitionists Remember
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Author : Julie Roy Jeffrey
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Abolitionists Remember written by Julie Roy Jeffrey and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
In Abolitionists Remember, Julie Roy Jeffrey illuminates a second, little-noted antislavery struggle as abolitionists in the postwar period attempted to counter the nation's growing inclination to forget why the war was fought, what slavery was really like, and why the abolitionist cause was so important. In the rush to mend fences after the Civil War, the memory of the past faded and turned romantic--slaves became quaint, owners kindly, and the war itself a noble struggle for the Union. Jeffrey examines the autobiographical writings of former abolitionists such as Laura Haviland, Frederick Douglass, Parker Pillsbury, and Samuel J. May, revealing that they wrote not only to counter the popular image of themselves as fanatics, but also to remind readers of the harsh reality of slavery and to advocate equal rights for African Americans in an era of growing racism, Jim Crow, and the Ku Klux Klan. These abolitionists, who went to great lengths to get their accounts published, challenged every important point of the reconciliation narrative, trying to salvage the nobility of their work for emancipation and African Americans and defending their own participation in the great events of their day.
Black Women Abolitionists
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Author : Shirley J. Yee
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1992
Black Women Abolitionists written by Shirley J. Yee and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Looks at how the pattern was set for Black female activism in working for abolitionism while confronting both sexism and racism.
The Weston Sisters
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Author : Lee V. Chambers
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-11-15
The Weston Sisters written by Lee V. Chambers and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-15 with Social Science categories.
The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work. The eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, became one of the antislavery movement's most influential members. In an extensive and original look at the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, Lee V. Chambers argues that it was the familial cooperation and support between sisters, dubbed "kin-work," that allowed women like the Westons to participate in the political process, marking a major change in women's roles from the domestic to the public sphere. The Weston sisters and abolitionist families like them supported each other in meeting the challenges of sickness, pregnancy, child care, and the myriad household responsibilities that made it difficult for women to engage in and sustain political activities. By repositioning the household and family to a more significant place in the history of American politics, Chambers examines connections between the female critique of slavery and patriarchy, ultimately arguing that it was family ties that drew women into the activism of public life and kept them there.
Women S Rights And Transatlantic Antislavery In The Era Of Emancipation
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Author : Kathryn Kish Sklar
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Women S Rights And Transatlantic Antislavery In The Era Of Emancipation written by Kathryn Kish Sklar and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Approaching a wide range of transnational topics, the editors ask how conceptions of slavery & gendered society differed in the United States, France, Germany, & Britain.
Hearts Beating For Liberty
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Author : Stacey M. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010-10-11
Hearts Beating For Liberty written by Stacey M. Robertson and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-11 with Social Science categories.
Challenging traditional histories of abolition, this book shifts the focus away from the East to show how the women of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin helped build a vibrant antislavery movement in the Old Northwest. Stacey 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 through their unusual and occasionally transgressive activities. They plunged into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supported a Quaker-led boycott of slave goods, and tirelessly aided 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. The contested history of race relations in the West also affected the development of abolitionism in the region, necessitating a pragmatic bent in their activities. Female antislavery societies focused on eliminating racist laws, aiding fugitive slaves, and building and sustaining schools for blacks. This approach required that abolitionists of all stripes work together, and women proved especially adept at such cooperation.
The Devotion Of These Women
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Author : Deborah Bingham Van Broekhoven
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 2002
The Devotion Of These Women written by Deborah Bingham Van Broekhoven and has been published by Univ of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This book covers the gamut of antislavery activism from a local perspective and it does so from the perspective of women, who have been underrepresented throughout abolitionist history.
Antislavery Discourse And Nineteenth Century American Literature
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Author : Julie Husband
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Release Date : 2010-01-15
Antislavery Discourse And Nineteenth Century American Literature written by Julie Husband and has been published by Palgrave MacMillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Antislavery Discourse and Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines the relationship between antislavery texts and emerging representations of “free labor” in mid-nineteenth-century America. Husband shows how the images of families split apart by slavery, circulated primarily by women leaders, proved to be the most powerful weapon in the antislavery cultural campaign and ultimately turned the nation against slavery. She also reveals the ways in which the sentimental narratives and icons that constituted the “family protection campaign” powerfully influenced Americans’ sense of the role of government, gender, and race in industrializing America. Chapters examine the writings of ardent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, non-activist sympathizers, and those actively hostile to but deeply immersed in antislavery activism including Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Abolitionists And The South 1831 1861
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Author : Stanley Harrold
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-07-11
The Abolitionists And The South 1831 1861 written by Stanley Harrold and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with History categories.
Within the American antislavery movement, abolitionists were distinct from others in the movement in advocating, on the basis of moral principle, the immediate emancipation of slaves and equal rights for black people. Instead of focusing on the "immediatists" as products of northern culture, as many previous historians have done, Stanley Harrold examines their involvement with antislavery action in the South--particularly in the region that bordered the free states. How, he asks, did antislavery action in the South help shape abolitionist beliefs and policies in the period leading up to the Civil War? Harrold explores the interaction of northern abolitionist, southern white emancipators, and southern black liberators in fostering a continuing antislavery focus on the South, and integrates southern antislavery action into an understanding of abolitionist reform culture. He discusses the impact of abolitionist missionaries, who preached an antislavery gospel to the enslaved as well as to the free. Harrold also offers an assessment of the impact of such activities on the coming of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
An Essay On Slavery And Abolitionism
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Author : Catharine Esther Beecher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
An Essay On Slavery And Abolitionism written by Catharine Esther Beecher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with Abolitionists categories.
Although Beecher takes issue with the call for women's active involvement in the abolition movement, her discussion reveals the inter-relationship between 19th century abolitionism and 19th century feminism.