Slavery and the Meetinghouse - The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865

Informationen zum Autor Ryan P. Jordan is Visiting Assistant Professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Klappentext The conflict between the Quakers and the Abolitionists highlights the dilemma of liberal religion within a slaveholding republic. Zusammenfassung 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 who tried peacefully to end slavery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Quakers, Slavery, and the "Peaceable Kingdom" 1. Quaker Gradualists and the Challenge of Abolitionism 2. Slavery, Religious Liberty, and the "Political" Abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends 3. Friends and the "Children of Africa": Quaker Abolitionists Confront the Negro Pew 4. "Progressive" Friends and the Government of God 5. Quaker Pacifism and Civil Disobedience in the Antebellum Period Conclusion: "Fighting Quakers," Abolitionists, and the Civil WarNotes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ryan P. Jordan, Jordan Ryan P
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2007
• EAN: 9780253348609
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34860-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous