Slavery and the meetinghouse [electronic resource] : the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / Ryan P. Jordan.
By: Jordan, Ryan P
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007Description: xiv, 175 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): 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 | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States | Quakers -- United States -- Political activity -- 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 historyGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 326.089/96073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.
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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.