Black freedom; the nonviolent abolitionists from 1830 through the Civil War.
Material type: TextPublication details: [New York] Macmillan [1970]Description: ix, 435 p. 24 cmSubject(s):Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books (30-Day Checkout) | Nash Library General Stacks | E449.M107 1970 | 1 | Available | 33710000391693 |
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Abolitionists choose nonviolence : 1. Three schools of abolitionists -- 2. A nonviolent declaration -- 3. Absorbing violence -- 4. Lovejoy tries guns -- 5. Should slaves revolt? -- 6. The nonresistance society -- II. Direct action against discrimination : 1. Regardless of complexion -- 2. Railroad ride-ins -- 3. Pray-ins and pray-outs -- 4. Creating schools -- 5. Boycotting schools -- III. Direct action against slavery : 1. Boycotting slavery produce -- 2. Foster speaks-in -- 3. Churchmen come out -- 4. Noncooperation with government -- 5. Underground railroad -- 6. Resisting the fugitive slave law -- 7. John Brown’s raid -- IV. Tragic denouement : 19. Peace men face war -- 20. Elusive victory.