Title Standard-bearers of equality : America's first abolition movement / Paul J. Polgar.

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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
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project -- The "just rights of freedom" : enforcing and expanding gradual emancipation -- Republicans of color : societal environmentalism and the quest for black citizenship -- "A well grounded hope" : sweeping away the cobwebs of prejudice -- "Unconquerable prejudice" and "alien enemies" : the roots and rise of the American Colonization Society -- A prudent alternative or a dangerous diversion? First movement abolitionists respond to colonization.
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
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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.
	New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. (OCoLC)fst00644149
	Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. (OCoLC)fst00629500
	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.
	United States -- Race relations -- History.
	HISTORY -- African American.
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Antislavery movements. (OCoLC)fst00810800
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Middle Atlantic States. (OCoLC)fst01240044
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1700-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, publisher.
Other Form:	Print version: Polgar, Paul J. Standard-bearers of equality. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2019 9781469653938 (DLC) 2019027186 (OCoLC)1096236739
ISBN	9781469653952 (electronic book)
	1469653958 (electronic book)
	9781469653945 (electronic book)
	146965394X (electronic book)
	9781469653938
	1469653931

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