Grass roots reform in the burned-over district of upstate New York : religion, abolitionism, and democracy

Author(s)

• Wellman, Judith

Bibliographic Information

Grass roots reform in the burned-over district of upstate New York : religion, abolitionism, and democracy

Judith Wellman

（Studies in African American history and culture）

Garland Pub., 2000

• : hbk

Other Title

Grassroots reform in the burned-over district of upstate New York

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-246) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Before the Civil War, upstate New York earned itself a nickname: the burned-over district.African Americans were few in upstate New York, so this book focuses on reformers in three predominately white communities. At the cutting edge of revolutions in transportation and industry, these ordinary citizenstried to maintain a balance between stability and change.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: The Three Towns: Their Economy and Population
• Chapter 2: The Three Towns: From Moral Desolation to Religious Institutionalism
• Chapter 3: The American Sunday School Union in Central new York
• Chapter 4: Benevolent Reform in the Three Towns: Sunday Schools as a Case Study
• Chapter 5: Abolitionism in Central New York: From Moral Suasion to Political Action
• Chapter 6: Abolitionism in the Three Townships
• Chapter 7: Who Were These Reformers?
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix One: Economy and Population of Mexico, Paris and Ithaca
• Appendix Two: Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca
• Appendix Three: Compiled Data on Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca

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Details

• NCID: BA58739299
• ISBN:
  • 0815337922
• LCCN: 00042948
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxiv, 264 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E445.N56
  • DC21 : 326/.8/09747609034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Social movements -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Abolitionists -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Social reformers -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
  • LCSH : Slavery and the church -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Evangelists -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : New York (State) -- Church history -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Christian communities -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19972850