African-American activism before the Civil War : the freedom struggle in the antebellum North

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Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Physical Description:

viii, 307 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

The emancipation of the negro abolitionist / Leon F. Litwack -- Black power- the debate in 1840 / Jane H. Pease and William H. Pease -- Elevating the race: the social thought of black leaders, 1827-50 / Fredrick Cooper -- Black history's antebellum origins / Benjamin Quarles -- "Since they got those separate churches": Afro-Americans and racism in Jacksonian Philadelphia / Emma Jones Lapsansky -- Interpreting early black ideology: a reappraisal of historical consensus / George A. Levesque -- Afro-American identity: reflections on the pre-civil war era / Ernest Allen, Jr. -- Freedom's yoke: gender conventions among antebellum free blacks / James Oliver Horton -- The political significance of slave resistance / James Oakes -- "Ethiopia shall soon stretch forth her hands": black destiny in nineteenth-century America / Albert J. Raboteau -- The emergence of racial modernity and the rise of the white north, 1790-1840 / James Brewer Stewart -- From abolitionist amalgamators to "rulers of the five points": the discourse of interracial sex and reform in antebellum New York City / Leslie M. Harris -- The market revolution and market values in antebellum black protest thought / Patrick Rael.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.

Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

African American abolitionists -- History -- 19th century.

African American civil rights workers -- History -- 19th century.

African American political activists -- History -- 19th century.

African American leadership -- History -- 19th century.

African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

African Americans -- Politics and government -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.

Northeastern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.

Added Author:

Rael, Patrick.

ISBN:

9780415957267

9780415957274

Document ID:

SD_ILS:1398404

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African-American Activism before the Civil War is the first collection of scholarship on the role of African Americans in the struggle for racial equality in the northern states before the Civil War. Many of these essays are already known as classics in the field, and others are well on their way to becoming definitive in a still-evolving field. Here, in one place for the first time, anchored by a comprehensive, analytical introduction discussing the historiography of antebellum black activism, the best scholarship on this crucial group of African American activists can finally be studied together.

James Brewer StewartLeon F. LitwackJane H. Pease and William H. PeaseFrederick CooperBenjamin QuarlesEmma Jones LapsanskyGeorge A. LevesqueErnest Allen, Jr.James Oliver HortonJames OakesAlbert J. RaboteauJames Brewer StewartLeslie M. HarrisPatrick Rael

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
1 The Emancipation of the Negro Abolitionist	p. 39
2 Black Power-The Debate in 1840	p. 50
3 Elevating the Race: The Social Thought of Black Leaders, 1827-50	p. 58
4 Black History's Antebellum Origins	p. 78
5 "Since They Got Those Separate Churches": Afro-Americans and Racism in Jacksonian Philadelphia	p. 100
6 Interpreting Early Black Ideology: A Reappraisal of Historical Consensus	p. 119
7 Afro-American Identity: Reflections on the Pre-Civil War Era	p. 134
8 Freedom's Yoke: Gender Conventions among Antebellum Free Blacks	p. 168
9 The Political Significance of Slave Resistance	p. 188
10 "Ethiopia Shall Soon Stretch Forth Her Hands": Black Destiny in Nineteenth-Century America	p. 206
11 The Emergence of Racial Modernity and the Rise of the White North, 1790-1840	p. 220
12 From Abolitionist Amalgamators to "Rulers of the Five Points": The Discourse of Interracial Sex and Reform in Antebellum New York City	p. 250
13 The Market Revolution and Market Values in Antebellum Black Protest Thought	p. 272
Permission Acknowledgments	p. 295
Index	p. 297

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