Slavery and the Meetinghouse

The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Ryan P. Jordan explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried peacefully to end slavery. In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. In response, many Quaker abolitionists began to build "comeouter" institutions where social and legal inequalities could be freely discussed, and where church members could fuse religious worship with social activism. The conflict between the Quakers and the Abolitionists highlights the dilemma of liberal religion within a slaveholding republic.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-03-28
Mått156 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor200
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253348609

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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Quakers, Slavery, and the "Peaceable Kingdom"1. Quaker Gradualists and the Challenge of Abolitionism2. Slavery, Religious Liberty, and the "Political" Abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends3. Friends and the "Children of Africa": Quaker Abolitionists Confront the Negro Pew4. "Progressive" Friends and the Government of God5. Quaker Pacifism and Civil Disobedience in the Antebellum PeriodConclusion: "Fighting Quakers," Abolitionists, and the Civil WarNotesBibliographyIndex

". . . insightful . . . . essential reading for students of the antislavery movement, the Society of Friends, and American religion.Vol. 29.1 Fall 2009"—Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney"Impressive. As someone who has worked with most of the materials Jordan has used, I am struck by his thorough, thoughtful, and incisive use of them. The prose is smooth, even, and readable. I do not agree with all of his conclusions, but he argues his case well and raises questions about Quakers and anti—slavery that are a major contribution to American religious and reform history."—Thomas A. Hamm, Earlham College