From peace to freedom : Quaker rhetoric and the birth of American antislavery, 1657-1761 / Brycchan Carey
- Author
- Carey, Brycchan, 1967-
- Published
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages)
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE: “The power that giveth liberty and freedom� BARBADOS, 1657�76 -- TWO: “We are against the traffik of men-body� PENNSYLVANIA, 1688�1700 -- THREE: “The grief of divers friends� PENNSYLVANIA�LONDON�NEW JERSEY, 1711�19 -- FOUR: “O unrighteous gain!� FROM RHETORIC TO RITUAL, 1727�43 -- FIVE: “A practice so repugnant to our Christian profession� PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON, 1753�61 -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G and Hi -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y
- Summary
- "In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, Carey reveals the society's gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. He shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition. His book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing"--
- Subject(s)
- Society of Friends—History—18th century
- 1700-1799
- Slavery and the church—Society of Friends—History—18th century
- Quaker abolitionists—History—18th century
- Antislavery movements—History—18th century
- Abolitionnistes quakers—Histoire—18e siècle
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes—Histoire—18e siècle
- HISTORY—United States—Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- HISTORY—Social History
- RELIGION—Christianity—Quaker
- SOCIAL SCIENCE—Slavery
- Slavery and the church—Society of Friends
- Quaker abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780300182279 (electronic bk.)
0300182279 (electronic bk.)
1283736276
9781283736275
9780300180770
0300180772 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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