Proclaim liberty! : antislavery and civil rights in Pennsylvania, 1688-1887, essays

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Main Author: Brown, Ira V. 1922-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, I.V. Brown, 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Do unto other": antislavery pioneers, 1688-1776.
  • 2. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hppiness": the early national period, 1776-1833.
  • 3. "Immediate emancipation": the formation of the American Antislavery Society, 1833.
  • 4. "Shave that tall Christ!": C. C. Burleigh in Pennsylvania, 1836-1837.
  • 5. "A prudent rash man": Miller McKim and Pennsylvania abolitionism, 1833-1862.
  • 6. "Am I not a woman and a sister?" the Philadelphia Female Antislavery Society, 1833-1840.
  • 7. "A temple of amalgamation": the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, 1838.
  • 8. "Moral and political action": the Liberty Party in Pennsylvania, 1840-1845.
  • 9. "Free soil ... free men": slavery in the territories
  • fugitive slaves, 1846-1861.
  • 10. "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land": emancipation, 1861-1865.
  • 11. "The right of citizens to vote": William D. Kelley and radical reconstruction, 1865-1870.
  • 12. "Equal protection of the laws": Pennsylvania and the rights of clacks, 1865-1887.