Quakers and Slavery

A Divided Spirit

AvJean R. Soderlund

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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is book explores the growth of abolitionism among Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey from 1688 to 1780, providing a case study of how groups change their moral attitudes. Dr. Soderlund details the long battle fought by reformers like gentle John Woolman and eccentric Benjamin Lay. The eighteenth-century Quaker humanitarians succeeded only after they diluted their goals to attract wider support, establishing a gradualistic, paternalistic, and segregationist model for the later antislavery movement. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:482 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Princeton Legacy Library
Antal sidor:236
Förlag:Princeton University Press
ISBN:9780691630878

Utforska kategorier

Slaveri inom Historia och arkeologi
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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"Jean R. Soderlund describes and analyzes how Quakers in the Delaware Valley moved from an unthinking but extensive involvement in slavery in the late seventeenth century to a commitment to eradication of this evil among themselves before the end of the eighteenth century... Taken together, the three variables [described by Soderlund] provide a powerful and persuasive framework within which to view the 'Divided Spirit' that characterized the Quaker response to slavery between the 1680s and 1780s."--Owen S. Ireland, William and Mary Quarterly

Innehållsförteckning

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FIGURES, pg. viii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Abolitionists Confront the Meeting, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Leadership and Control of the Yearly Meeting, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. Slavery: Temptation and Challenge, pg. 54*CHAPTER 4. The Local Meetings Debate Slavery, pg. 87*CHAPTER 5. Shrewsbury and Chesterfield Meetings, pg. 112*CHAPTER 6. Chester and Philadelphia Meetings, pg. 148*CONCLUSION. The Limits of Quaker Reform, pg. 173*APPENDICES, pg. 189*INDEX, pg. 211