Holy warriors : the abolitionists and American slavery / James Brewer Stewart ; consulting editor Eric Foner.

By: Stewart, James Brewer [author.]Contributor(s): Foner, Eric [editor.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: American century seriesNew York : Hill and Wang, 1986©1976 Edition: Eighth printingDescription: 226 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0809001233 (paperback)Other title: The abolitionists and American slaverySubject(s): Antislavery movements -- United StatesLOC classification: E446 .S84 1986
Contents:
Prologue: Slavery in Republican America -- Abolitionism in early America -- The commitment to immediate emancipation -- Mobs and martyrs: the dynamics of moral suasion -- Petitions, perfectionists, and political abolitionists -- Abolitionists and the rise of the Free-soil movement -- Race, class, and freedom in American abolitionism -- Abolitionists and the coming of the Civil War -- Triumph and tragedy: abolitionists and emancipation.
Summary: Revised to include important new scholarship, James Brewer Stewart's eloquent survey of the abolitionist movement is also a superb analysis of how the antislavery movement reinforced and transformed the dominant features of pre-Civil War America. Revealing the wisdom and na veté of the crusaders' convictions and examining the social bases for their actions, Stewart demonstrates why, despite the ambiguity of its ultimate victory, abolition has left a profound imprint on our national memory.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-216) and index.

Prologue: Slavery in Republican America -- Abolitionism in early America -- The commitment to immediate emancipation -- Mobs and martyrs: the dynamics of moral suasion -- Petitions, perfectionists, and political abolitionists -- Abolitionists and the rise of the Free-soil movement -- Race, class, and freedom in American abolitionism -- Abolitionists and the coming of the Civil War -- Triumph and tragedy: abolitionists and emancipation.

Revised to include important new scholarship, James Brewer Stewart's eloquent survey of the abolitionist movement is also a superb analysis of how the antislavery movement reinforced and transformed the dominant features of pre-Civil War America. Revealing the wisdom and na veté of the crusaders' convictions and examining the social bases for their actions, Stewart demonstrates why, despite the ambiguity of its ultimate victory, abolition has left a profound imprint on our national memory.