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Hearts Beating for Liberty: Women Abolitionists in the Old Northwest Paperback – December 1, 2014

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Challenging traditional histories of abolition, this book shifts the focus away from the East to show how the women of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin helped build a vibrant antislavery movement in the Old Northwest.

Stacey Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus through their unusual and occasionally transgressive activities. They plunged into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supported a Quaker-led boycott of slave goods, and tirelessly aided fugitives and free blacks in their communities. Western women worked closely with male abolitionists, belying the notion of separate spheres that characterized abolitionism in the East. The contested history of race relations in the West also affected the development of abolitionism in the region, necessitating a pragmatic bent in their activities. Female antislavery societies focused on eliminating racist laws, aiding fugitive slaves, and building and sustaining schools for blacks. This approach required that abolitionists of all stripes work together, and women proved especially adept at such cooperation.
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    320 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The University of North Carolina Press
  4. Publication date
    December 1, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    6.12 x 0.72 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0807834084
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1469622170
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This book…sheds light on two critical issues in U.S. history. It adds valuable information to our conceptualization of the abolition movement, and it also demonstrates the pre-Civil War foundation of women's activism in the Old Northwest.--American Historical Review



An important addition to the historiography of American abolitionism. . . .A substantive work of scholarship that enriches our understanding of the western women who participated in the antebellum abolitionist struggle.--The Journal of American History



A valuable addition to our understanding of abolitionism and women's history.--Journal of Southern History



A concise and significant contribution to the existing literature on abolitionism in the nineteenth-century United States.--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society



[Robertson's] findings. . . are very interesting for what they tell about women in abolition. . . . This book is valuable for what it adds to the story of American abolition.--Journal of American Ethnic History



A lively and engaging book.--Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians

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Hearts Beating for Liberty offers a fresh and necessary perspective on grassroots abolitionism. Stacey Robertson makes a compelling case for the distinctiveness both of midwestern abolitionism and of midwestern women's activism within the antislavery movement. This book presents an important new argument about the significance of both region and gender in shaping abolitionist agitation.--Anne M. Boylan, author of The Origins of Women's Activism: New York and Boston, 1797–1840

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1469622173
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press (December 1, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807834084
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469622170
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.72 x 9.25 inches
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Stacey M. Robertson grew up on the West coast, earning a Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the Oglesby Professor of American Heritage and the Director of Women's Studies at Bradley University, where she has taught for two decades. She is the author of four books, "Betsy Mix Cowles," "Parker Pillsbury," "Hearts Beating for Liberty," and "Antebellum Women" (co-authored with Carol Lasser), and has presented over 100 lectures at national and international venues. A passionate advocate of the modern-day antislavery movement, she is co-director of Historians Against Slavery (historiansagainstslavery.org). She won the Samuel Rothberg Professional Excellence Award in 2011, the Charles M. Putnam Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008, and numerous national fellowships. For more information see her website: staceymrobertson.com

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