This book provides a fresh overall account of organised antislavery by focusing on the active minority of abolutionists throughout the country. The analysis of their culture of reform demonstrates the way in which alliances of diverse religious groups roused public opinion and influenced political leaders. The resulting definition of the distinctive `reform mentality' links antislavery to other efforts at moral and social improvement and highlights its contradictory relations to the social effects of industrialization and the growth of liberalism.

About the Author
David Turley

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`... impressively researched ...' - History

`Turley has performed a real service to scholarship...' - Slavery and Abolition Vol 13 No.3 Dec 92

Book Information
ISBN 9781138009042
Author David Turley
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 362g