Book Summary
The dilemmas of pacifism in antebellum America Ryan P. Jordan explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellumAmerica, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried peacefully toend slavery. In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed theabolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionistswithin the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religiousliberty. In response, many Quaker abolitionists began to build "comeouter"institutions where social and legal inequalities could be freely discussed, andwhere church members could fuse religious worship with social activism. The conflictbetween the Quakers and the Abolitionists highlights the dilemma of liberal religionwithin a slaveholding republic.
Book Details
| Book Name | Slavery And The Meetinghouse: The Quakers And The Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865 |
| Author | Ryan P. Jordan |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Mar 2007) |
| ISBN | 9780253348609 |
| Pages | 175 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1154 |
