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From peace to freedom : Quaker rhetoric and the birth of American antislavery, 1657-1761 /

In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carey, Brycchan, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Slavery and the church > Society of Friends > History > 18th century.
Quaker abolitionists > History > 18th century.
Society of Friends > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > History > 18th century.

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