Antislavery and Abolition in Philadelphia considers the cultural, political and religious contexts shaping the long struggle against slavery and racial injustice in one of early America's most important cities. Comprised of nine scholarly essays by a distinguished group of historians -- including Ira Berlin, Gary Nash, Elizabeth Varon, David Waldstreicher, and Julie Winch -- the volume recounts the rise of the antislavery movement in Philadelphia from a marginalized status during the colonial era to a more widespread, if ...
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Antislavery and Abolition in Philadelphia considers the cultural, political and religious contexts shaping the long struggle against slavery and racial injustice in one of early America's most important cities. Comprised of nine scholarly essays by a distinguished group of historians -- including Ira Berlin, Gary Nash, Elizabeth Varon, David Waldstreicher, and Julie Winch -- the volume recounts the rise of the antislavery movement in Philadelphia from a marginalized status during the colonial era to a more widespread, if not universally popular, Civil War presence.
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Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0807139912. Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 272 pages; 2011 Lousiniana State University Press. HC/DJ. Soundly bound in original just jacket. Prior owner, a scholar in the field, has added underlining and marginalia here and there throughout, suggesting that he reviewed this copy for a Journal. Dust jacket bright and clean. G/VG.
