From Peace to Freedom

Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade.Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, Carey reveals the society’s gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. He shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition. His book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-11-27
Mått156 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt594 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagYale University Press
ISBN9780300180770

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“This is a story that has not been told before…a significant accomplishment and contribution to our understanding of Quaker and abolitionist history.”—Laura M. Stevens, University of Tulsa"Brycchan Carey’s From Peace to Freedom is a significant contribution to the historiography of the early transatlantic antislavery movement. Combining lucid rhetorical and literary textual analysis with archival historical research, Carey makes a compelling case for how and why the evolution of Quaker opposition to slavery from 1657 to 1761 laid the necessary groundwork for the seemingly sudden rise of the transatlantic antislavery movement in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and beyond."—Vincent Carretta, University of Maryland"Timely and very important, this book demonstrates how over nearly a century Quakers constructed a corporate discourse of anti-slavery and how that discourse became the basis for all later anti-slavery sentiment in America. . . . A model of fine scholarship."—B. P. Dandelion, University of Birmingham