The Culture of English Antislavery, 1780-1860 / Edition 1

by David Turley, Turley David

Overview

This book provides a fresh overall account of organised antislavery by focusing on the active minority of abolutionists throughout the country. The analysis of their culture of reform demonstrates the way in which alliances of diverse religious groups roused public opinion and influenced political leaders. The resulting definition of the distinctive ‘reform mentality' links antislavery to other efforts at moral and social improvement and highlights its contradictory relations to the social effects of industrialization and the growth of liberalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415020084
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/05/1991
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

1 APPROACH AND CONTEXTS 2 ARGUMENT AND IDEOLOGY 3 MAKING ABOLITIONISTS: Engaging with the world 4 BEING ABOLITIONISTS: Harmony and tension in the internal culture of antislavery 5 ABOLITIONISTS AND THE MIDDLE-CLASS REFORM COMPLEX 6 ANTISLAVERY, RADICALISM AND PATRIOTISM 7 THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CONNECTION 8 CONCLUSIONS

Editorial Reviews

‘... impressively researched ...' - History

‘Turley has performed a real service to scholarship...' - Slavery and Abolition Vol 13 No.3 Dec 92

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