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Subversives : antislavery community in Washington, D.C., 1828-1865

"While many scholars have examined the slavery disputes in the halls of Congress, Subversives in the first history of practical abolitionism in the streets, homes, and places of business of the nation's capital. Historian Stanley Harrold looks beyond resolutions, platforms, and debates to...

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Main Author: Harrold, Stanley.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2003.
Series:Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
Subjects and Genres:
Antislavery movements > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
African American abolitionists > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Political activity > Washington (D.C.).
White people > Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Slavery > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations.
Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > To 1878.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chesapeake origins
  • Elements of a biracial antislavery community
  • Charles T. Torrey, Thomas Smallwood, and the underground railroad
  • The Bureau of Humanity and the sectional struggle
  • The Pearl fugitives and the subversives
  • Subversives in 1850: persistence, change, limits
  • Myrtilla miner's school: education, feminism, biracialism
  • The Weems family and the antislavery network
  • Transformation and disintegration.

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