Race and Rights : Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870.
Weiner, Dana Elizabeth.
Race and Rights : Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (343 pages)
Cover -- RACE AND RIGHTS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Activist Taproots: Place, Reform, and the Quest for Unity -- 2 Scrubbing at the "Bloody Stain of Oppression": A Human Rights Movement against Unjust Laws, 1830-1849 -- 3 "Stand Firm on the Platform of Truth": Freedom of Assembly and Local Antislavery Organizations in the Old Northwest -- 4 "The Palladium of Our Liberties": Freedom of the Press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848 -- 5 "An Odd Place for Navigation": Itinerant Lecturers and Freedom of Speech, 1830-1849 -- 6 Itinerant Lecturers in a Fracturing Nation, 1850-1861 -- 7 The Potential for Radical Change: The Turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and Resilient Racism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Old Northwest Population Statistics, 1800-1870 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Race and Rights".
9781609090722
Antislavery movements -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Northwest, Old -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
Northwest, Old -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
F484.3 -- .W456 2013eb
306.362097709034
Race and Rights : Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (343 pages)
Cover -- RACE AND RIGHTS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Activist Taproots: Place, Reform, and the Quest for Unity -- 2 Scrubbing at the "Bloody Stain of Oppression": A Human Rights Movement against Unjust Laws, 1830-1849 -- 3 "Stand Firm on the Platform of Truth": Freedom of Assembly and Local Antislavery Organizations in the Old Northwest -- 4 "The Palladium of Our Liberties": Freedom of the Press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848 -- 5 "An Odd Place for Navigation": Itinerant Lecturers and Freedom of Speech, 1830-1849 -- 6 Itinerant Lecturers in a Fracturing Nation, 1850-1861 -- 7 The Potential for Radical Change: The Turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and Resilient Racism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Old Northwest Population Statistics, 1800-1870 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Race and Rights".
9781609090722
Antislavery movements -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Northwest, Old -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century.
Northwest, Old -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
F484.3 -- .W456 2013eb
306.362097709034