Women, Dissent and Anti-Slavery in Britain and America, 1790-1865
Author | : Elizabeth J. Clapp |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2011-04-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199585489 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199585482 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Download or read book Women, Dissent and Anti-Slavery in Britain and America, 1790-1865 written by Elizabeth J. Clapp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of eight essays examines the role that religious traditions, practices and beliefs played in women's involvement in the British and American campaigns to abolish slavery during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It focuses on women who belonged to the Puritan and dissenting traditions.