Lyman Beecher's Long Road to Conservative Abolitionism

Lyman Beecher's approach to antislavery reform has received remarkably little attention from historians. No thorough study has been made of his attitudes toward chattel slavery, the methods he advanced to ameliorate or eradicate it, and his feelings toward free blacks and their future in Americ...

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Main Author: Thompson, J. Earl (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1973
In: Church history
Year: 1973, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-109
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Summary:Lyman Beecher's approach to antislavery reform has received remarkably little attention from historians. No thorough study has been made of his attitudes toward chattel slavery, the methods he advanced to ameliorate or eradicate it, and his feelings toward free blacks and their future in America. The interpretations that have been proposed have been deficient in design, superficial in exposition and misleading in conclusion.
ISSN:1755-2613
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3165048