| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: facts are sometimes stranger than fiction -- To save the godless west: revivalism, abolition, and the founding of Oberlin -- The worthies of Oberlin: antislavery expansion in the late 1830s -- A city upon a hill: utopian Oberlin -- A hotbed of abolitionism -- All the truly wise or truly pious have the same end in view: Oberlin and abolitionist schism -- The tyrant's grapple by our vote, we'll loosen from our brother's throat: Oberlin, free soil, and the fight for equal rights -- We must watch and improve this tide: Oberlin confronts the slave power, 1850-1858 -- That railroad center at which all branches converged: Oberlin and the underground railroad -- This drama of genuine manhood and courage: Oberlin and the fight for freedom -- Epilogue: be not conformed to this world |
| Summary |
Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 3, 2021) |
| SUBJECT |
Oberlin College gnd |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements -- Ohio -- Oberlin -- History -- 19th century
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Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Oberlin -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Abolitionists
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Antislavery movements
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Abolitionismus
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Egalitarismus
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Oberlin (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century
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Ohio -- Oberlin
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Oberlin, Ohio
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014002680 |
| ISBN |
9781469618289 |
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1469618281 |
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9781469618296 |
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146961829X |
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