Gregarious Saints
Self and Community in American Abolitionism, 1830–1870

Professor Friedman studies the abolition movement through individuals and groups in the USA.

Lawrence J. Friedman (Author)

9780521270151, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 January 1982

360 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg

This book, originally published in 1982, is an examination of antebellum abolitionism in the United States. Professor Friedman studies the abolitionists as individuals, delving into the psychology, sociology and group dynamics of the movement. He examines those 'immediatists' who, in contrast to gradualist circles of antislavery opinion, refused, as they saw it, to temporise with evil. He also explores the differences between the Boston and New York groups, assesses the role of the movement in the coming of the Civil War and develops an original view of feminist abolitionism.

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Origins: 1. Young missionaries: varieties of early immediatism
Part II. Sanctuaries: 2. Insurgents of the Boston Clique
3. Stewards of the Lord
4. Voluntarists of the Burned-over-District
Part III. Transformations: 5. 'Distinctions of sex'
6. 'The chord of prejudice'
7. Righteous violence
Part IV. Juxtaposition: 8. Immediatists and radicals
Part V. Termination: 9. A troubled jubilee
Notes
Bibliographical note
Index.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History of the Americas [HBJK]