Race and rights [electronic resource] : fighting slavery and prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870 / Dana Elizabeth Weiner.
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TextPublication details: DeKalb : NIU Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages )ISBN: - 9781609090722
- Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Northwest, Old -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century
- Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865
- Northwest, Old -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- 305.80097709/034 23
- F484.3 .W45 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-316) and index.
Introduction -- Activist taproots : place, reform, and the quest for unity -- Scrubbing at the "bloody stain of oppression" : a human rights movement against unjust laws, 1830-1849 -- "Stand firm on the platform of truth" : freedom of assembly and local antislavery organizations in the Old Northwest -- "The palladium of our liberties" : freedom of the press in the Old Northwest, 1837-1848 -- "An odd place for navigation" : itinerant lecturers and freedom of speech, 1830-1849 -- Itinerant lecturers in a fracturing nation, 1850-1861 -- The potential for radical change : the turbulent 1850s, the Civil War, and resilient racism -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Old Northwest population statistics, 1800-1870.
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