TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiner,Dana Elizabeth
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Race and rights: fighting slavery and prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870 
SN  - 9781609090722
AV  - F484.3 .W45 2013
U1  - 305.80097709/034 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - DeKalb
PB  - NIU Press
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Northwest, Old
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781609090722/
ER  -