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Author:

Tomek, Beverly C.

Title:

Pennsylvania Hall : a "legal lynching" in the shadow of the Liberty Bell / Beverly C. Tomek, University of Houston-Victoria.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xviii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Fire, 1838.
Antislavery movements--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
Abolitionists--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pennsylvania's antislavery background -- Free produce and the origins of modern abolition -- A biracial movement for immediate emancipation -- Radicalism in the gradualist city -- A "temple of liberty" or a "temple of amalgamation" -- An amalgamation wedding -- This "tabernacle of mischief and fanaticism" -- Free speech "consumed in a blue blaze" -- Aftershocks -- A "legal lynching" and the martyrdom of Pennsylvania Hall.

Series:

Critical historical encounters

ISBN:

0199837600 (alk. paper)
9780199837601 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)857356551

LCCN:

2013030689

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)