Gregarious Saints: Self and Community in Antebellum American Abolitionism, 1830 1870

by Lawrence J. Friedman

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This book, originally published in 1982, is an examination of antebellum abolitionism in the United States. Professor Friedman studies the abolitionists as individuals, delving into the psychology, sociology and group dynamics of the movement. He examines those 'immediatists' who, in contrast to gradualist circles of antislavery opinion, refused, as they saw it, to temporise with evil. He also explores the differences between the Boston and New York...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521270154

ISBN13:9780521270151

Release Date:May 1982

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century Abolition Discrimination & Racism History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences

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