Like many wealthy colonists of the time, Quakers bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, sparked by their religious beliefs, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves. This determination to stand against slavery led some Quakers to join with others to be a part of the Underground Railroad. The transition from friend to foe of slavery was not a quick one but one that was ahead of the rest of America.
Like many wealthy colonists of the time, Quakers bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, sparked by their religious beliefs, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves. This determination to stand against slavery led some Quakers to join with others to be a part of the Underground Railroad. The transition from friend to foe of slavery was not a quick one but one that was ahead of the rest of America.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian Temple has had book reviews and articles published in America's Civil War, The Scream Factory, Command and Fencers Quarterly Magazine. He lives in New Jersey.
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Table of Contents Preface 1 Prologue 3 Part I. Removing the Plank 1. Quaker Beginnings 5 2. Quaker Beginnings in America 13 3. Friends and Slavery 21 4. Victory and Retreat 36 Part II. Removing the Splinter 5. The Revolution 47 6. Creating a Free Nation, Not a Free People 67 7. Legal Help In and Out of Court 87 8. The American Colonization Society and the Schism 104 9. Other Avenues Explored 115 Part III. The Underground Railroad 10. Standing against The Tide 127 11. The Tracks of the Underground Railroad 137 12. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act 148 13. The Penalty for Defiance 153 14. The Tricks of the Trade 167 15. Stories of the Underground 177 16. The Last Fetter Broken 190 Appendix 195 Chapter Notes 205 Bibliography 217 Index 225
Table of Contents Preface 1 Prologue 3 Part I. Removing the Plank 1. Quaker Beginnings 5 2. Quaker Beginnings in America 13 3. Friends and Slavery 21 4. Victory and Retreat 36 Part II. Removing the Splinter 5. The Revolution 47 6. Creating a Free Nation, Not a Free People 67 7. Legal Help In and Out of Court 87 8. The American Colonization Society and the Schism 104 9. Other Avenues Explored 115 Part III. The Underground Railroad 10. Standing against The Tide 127 11. The Tracks of the Underground Railroad 137 12. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act 148 13. The Penalty for Defiance 153 14. The Tricks of the Trade 167 15. Stories of the Underground 177 16. The Last Fetter Broken 190 Appendix 195 Chapter Notes 205 Bibliography 217 Index 225
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