Race and Rights: Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830-1870

At least since Russel Nye's classic Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy, 1830-1860, abolitionism's role in provoking controversies over civil liberties has been well known.2 Weiner's study, however, takes readers away from the gag rules in Washington, DC, to...

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Published inJournal of the Early Republic Vol. 34; no. 1; p. 139
Main Author Volk, Kyle G
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 01.04.2014
Subjects
Civil liberties
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Legal reform
Lovejoy, Elijah Parish (1802-37)
Prejudice
Race
East Lansing Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
United States > US
Illinois
Michigan
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Summary:At least since Russel Nye's classic Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy, 1830-1860, abolitionism's role in provoking controversies over civil liberties has been well known.2 Weiner's study, however, takes readers away from the gag rules in Washington, DC, to show how freedoms of speech, assembly, and press were contested on the ground in the combustible Old Northwest.
ISSN:0275-1275
1553-0620
DOI:10.1353/jer.2014.0007