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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ryan P. JordanPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780253348609ISBN 10: 0253348609 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 28 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Quakers, Slavery, and the ""Peaceable Kingdom"" 1. Quaker Gradualists and the Challenge of Abolitionism 2. Slavery, Religious Liberty, and the ""Political"" Abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends 3. Friends and the ""Children of Africa"": Quaker Abolitionists Confront the Negro Pew 4. ""Progressive"" Friends and the Government of God 5. Quaker Pacifism and Civil Disobedience in the Antebellum Period Conclusion: ""Fighting Quakers,"" Abolitionists, and the Civil War Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews... insightful.... essential reading for students of the antislavery movement, the Society of Friends, and American religion.--Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney JOURNAL AMERICAN ETHNIC HIST (01/01/2009) <p> Impressive. As someone who has worked with most of the materials Jordan has used, I am struck by his thorough, thoughtful, and incisive use of them. The prose is smooth, even, and readable. I do not agree with all of his conclusions, but he argues his case well and raises questions about Quakers and anti--slavery that are a major contribution to American religious and reform history. --Thomas A. Hamm, Earlham College--Thomas A. Hamm, Earlham College <p> Impressive. As someone who has worked with most of the materials Jordanhas used, I am struck by his thorough, thoughtful, and incisive use of them. Theprose is smooth, even, and readable. I do not agree with all of his conclusions, buthe argues his case well and raises questions about Quakers and anti -- slavery thatare a major contribution to American religious and reform history. -- Thomas A.Hamm, Earlham College--Thomas A. Hamm, Earlham College <p>. .. insightful.... essential reading for students of the antislaverymovement, the Society of Friends, and American religion. -- Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney, JOURNAL AMERICAN ETHNIC HIST, Vol. 29.1 Fall 2009 Author InformationRyan P. Jordan is Visiting Assistant Professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |