| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Grassroots activism and female antislavery societies -- Abolitionist women and the Liberty Party -- Free produce in the old Northwest -- Antislavery fairs, cooperation, and community building -- Women lecturers and radical antislavery -- Abolitionists and fugitive slaves -- Woman's rights and abolition in the West |
| Summary |
Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus by plunging into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supporting a Quaker-led boycott of slave goods, and tirelessly aiding fugitives and free blacks in their communities. Western women worked closely with male abolitionists, belying the notion of separate spheres that characterized abolitionism in the East |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women abolitionists -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
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Abolitionists -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
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Antislavery movements -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
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Women -- Political activity -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Abolitionists
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Antislavery movements
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Women abolitionists
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Women -- Political activity
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| SUBJECT |
Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
United States -- Old Northwest
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010010138 |
| ISBN |
9780807899489 |
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0807899488 |
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9781469606330 |
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146960633X |
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