THE QUEST FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE NORTH

By 1863 the Civil War had become a revolution of freedom for 4 million slaves. The antislavery crusade, however, envisaged not only a negative freedom—the absence of chattelism—but a positive guaranty of equal protection of the laws to all men. Once freedom was won, most abolitionists were ready to...

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Published inThe Struggle for Equality pp. 221 - 237
Main Author McPherson, James M
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Princeton University Press 26.10.2014
EditionSTU - Student edition
Subjects
Abolitionism
African Americans
American minorities
Anthropology
Applied sciences
Armed conflict
Automobiles
Behavioral sciences
Black communities
Civil rights
Communities
Education
Educational institutions
Engineering
Equal rights
Ethnic groups
Ethnology
Formal education
Ground transportation
Ground vehicles
Human societies
Law
Legal rights
Military science
Motor vehicles
Political movements
Political science
Political sociology
Public schools
Railway systems
Schools
Slavery
Social groups
Social organization
Sociology
Transportation
Transportation modes
War
White people
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Summary:By 1863 the Civil War had become a revolution of freedom for 4 million slaves. The antislavery crusade, however, envisaged not only a negative freedom—the absence of chattelism—but a positive guaranty of equal protection of the laws to all men. Once freedom was won, most abolitionists were ready to proceed with the next step in the revolution—equality. “This is a war not of geographical sections, nor of political factions, but of principles and systems,” declared Theodore Tilton in 1863. “Our war against this rebellion is … a war for social equality, for rights, for justice, for freedom.”
ISBN:9780691163901
0691163901
DOI:10.1515/9781400852239-014