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Author Polgar, Paul J., author.

Title Standard-bearers of equality : America's first abolition movement / Paul J. Polgar
Published Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Introduction: Reimagining American abolitionism -- 1. The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project -- 2. The "just right of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation -- 3. Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship -- 4. "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice -- 5. "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society -- 6. A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization -- Epilogue: A movement forgotten
Summary "Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America's first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition's comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2019)
Subject Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery -- History
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated -- History
SUBJECT New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated fast
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery fast
Subject Antislavery movements -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 18th century
Antislavery movements -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 19th century
Free African Americans -- Political activity
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
HISTORY -- African American.
African Americans -- Civil rights
Antislavery movements
Race relations
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History
Subject Middle Atlantic States
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, publisher.
ISBN 9781469653952
1469653958
9781469653945
146965394X