Anti-Slavery Political Writings, 1833-1860

A Reader

C. Bradley Thompson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780765604033
• eBook ISBN:
  9781315292359
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Software Development
• Index: History

The abolitionist movement in 19th century America led directly to the end of slavery in the United States. This collection of more than 20 original documents including speeches, editorials, books and fiction, captures the deep ideological divisions within the abolitionist movement.

Index

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1. Abolitionist, The, 46
2. Abolitionist movement
   1. anti-slavery candidate essays (1856) (Douglass), 202–6, 207–11
   2. Constitutional interpretation, xx–xxii, xxv
   3. Constitutional rights, xv, xx–xxii
   4. Declaration of Independence, xii, xiii
   5. development (1831), xi
   6. “House Divided” speech (1858) (Lincoln), 212–19
   7. immediate emancipation, xii–xv, xvi–xvii, xviii–xix, xx
   8. Macedon Convention address (1847) (Goodell), 116–17, 120, 121, 127–28
   9. moderates, xv, xxi, xxv–xxvi
   10. moral conversion, xiii–xiv
   11. moral ideology, xii, xiii, xvii
   12. moral suasion, xiv, xv–xviii
   13. natural rights philosophy, xii, xiii
   14. Northern doughface, xv
   15. Northern racism, xvii
   16. political action, xv–xviii, xxiv–xxvi
   17. political action strategy (1838) (Jackson/Phelps), 64, 65, 66, 67, 68–70, 71–72, 74
   18. political ideology, xii, xiii, xiv, xvii, xviii–xx
   19. political obligation letter (1839) (Birney), 76–78, 84, 86–87, 88–92, 94–97
   20. political obligation speech (1850) (Sumner), 178–84
   21. political revolution, xxiv–xxvi
   22. popular sovereignty policy, xxiii–xxiv
   23. radicalism, xvi, xvii, xxiv–xxvi
   24. religious ideology, xii, xiii, xvii
   25. self-ownership, xii
   26. Slave Power, xiv, xix, xv, xxi, xxiii, xxiv, xxv
   27. social ideology, xiii
   28. Union secession, xxiv–xxvi
   29. See also American Anti-Slavery Society; Liberty Party
3. Abolitionist political party
   1. American Anti-Slavery Society, xvii, xviii
   2. Free-Soil Party, xxii–xxiii
   3. political action strategy (1838) ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• I. Slavery and Freedom
• II. Immediate Emancipation
• III. Moral Suasion and Politics
• IV. The Liberty Party
• V. Slavery and the Constitution
• VI. Free-Soil and Fugitive Slaves
• VII. Impending Crisis
• VIII. Disunion and Revolution
• Selected Biblliography
• Index
• About the Editor