To plead our own cause : African Americans in Massachusetts and the making of the antislavery movement / Christopher Cameron.

"Fleshing out the important links between Reformed theology, the institution of slavery, and the rise of the antislavery movement, author Christopher Cameron argues that African Americans in Massachusetts initiated organized abolitionism in America and that their antislavery ideology had its or...

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Main Author: Cameron, Christopher, 1983-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014.
Series:American abolitionism and antislavery.
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