Slavery and the meetinghouse the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / [electronic resource] :
Ryan P. Jordan.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.
- xiv, 175 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century. Abolitionists--History--United States--19th century. Slavery and the church--Society of Friends--History--19th century. Slavery and the church--History--United States--19th century. Slaves--Emancipation--United States. Quakers--Political activity--History--United States--19th century. Quaker abolitionists--History--United States--19th century. Pacifism--History--United States--19th century. Society of Friends--History--United States--19th century.