Owen Lovejoy and the Coalition for Equality: Clergy, African Americans, and Women United for Abolition
by Jane Moore and William Moore
University of Illinois Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-252-05114-2 | Cloth: 978-0-252-04230-0 | Paper: 978-0-252-08409-6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK Antislavery white clergy and their congregations. Radicalized abolitionist women. African Americans committed to ending slavery through constitutional political action. These diverse groups attributed their common vision of a nation free from slavery to strong political and religious values. Owen Lovejoy’s gregarious personality, formidable oratorical talent, probing political analysis, and profound religious convictions made him the powerful leader the coalition needed.
Owen Lovejoy and the Coalition for Equality examines how these three distinct groups merged their agendas into a single antislavery, religious, political campaign for equality with Lovejoy at the helm. Combining scholarly biography, historiography, and primary source material, Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore demonstrate Lovejoy's crucial role in nineteenth-century politics, the rise of antislavery sentiment in religious spaces, and the emerging congressional commitment to end slavery. Their compelling account explores how the immorality of slavery became a touchstone of political and religious action in the United States through the efforts of a synergetic coalition led by an essential abolitionist figure.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore are co-directors of the Lovejoy Society. They are the authors of Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy and the editors of Owen's Lovejoy's His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64. They manage the website www.increaserespect.com, which applies the concepts of this book.
REVIEWS
"Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore deliver a powerful narrative of Lovejoy's antislavery views and the coalition of abolitionists, Black national leaders, religious institutions, and women. . . . More than a straightforward biography, this book weaves together a complex story of religion, reform, and politics in the Civil War-era Midwest and Lovejoy seemingly at the center of everything." --Middle West Review
"Owen Lovejoy was that rarest of beings--a dedicated abolitionist and a savvy politician. Having already published an indispensable collection of Lovejoy's most important writings, the Moores have now given us the most thorough biography of Lovejoy to date. Grounded in deep research and an unparalleled familiarity with the ins and outs of Illinois politics, the Moores demonstrate Lovejoy's crucial role in the creation of the 'coalition for equality' that eventually brought slavery down."--James Oakes, author of The Scorpions Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
"This very fine study of Owen Lovejoy develops a deep understanding of a significant antislavery politician and of the Midwestern political culture that he so skillfully represented. It is a biography offers rich rewards to historians who study the problem of slavery, the abolitionist movement, and the politics of the sectional conflict."--James Brewer Stewart, author of Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Becoming a Political Abolitionist: 1811–1842
2. Working against Slavery with Churchmen, Women, and Blacks: 1843-1846
3. Responding to Legislative Maneuverings: 1847-1851
4. Organizing a Christian Political Response to Win Elections: 1852-1854
5. Achieving Political Fusion and Winning a Seat in Congress: 1855–November 1857
6. Confronting the Slave Power and Unifying Illinois Republicans: November 1857–November 1859
7. Electing Lincoln and Holding the Party Together: December 1859–June 1861
8. Promoting Emancipation in the Thirty-Seventh Congress: July 1861–August 1862
9. Struggling to Enact Legal and Enduring Equality: Autumn 1862–March 25, 1864
Owen Lovejoy and the Coalition for Equality: Clergy, African Americans, and Women United for Abolition
by Jane Moore and William Moore
University of Illinois Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-252-05114-2 Cloth: 978-0-252-04230-0 Paper: 978-0-252-08409-6
Antislavery white clergy and their congregations. Radicalized abolitionist women. African Americans committed to ending slavery through constitutional political action. These diverse groups attributed their common vision of a nation free from slavery to strong political and religious values. Owen Lovejoy’s gregarious personality, formidable oratorical talent, probing political analysis, and profound religious convictions made him the powerful leader the coalition needed.
Owen Lovejoy and the Coalition for Equality examines how these three distinct groups merged their agendas into a single antislavery, religious, political campaign for equality with Lovejoy at the helm. Combining scholarly biography, historiography, and primary source material, Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore demonstrate Lovejoy's crucial role in nineteenth-century politics, the rise of antislavery sentiment in religious spaces, and the emerging congressional commitment to end slavery. Their compelling account explores how the immorality of slavery became a touchstone of political and religious action in the United States through the efforts of a synergetic coalition led by an essential abolitionist figure.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore are co-directors of the Lovejoy Society. They are the authors of Collaborators for Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy and the editors of Owen's Lovejoy's His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64. They manage the website www.increaserespect.com, which applies the concepts of this book.
REVIEWS
"Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore deliver a powerful narrative of Lovejoy's antislavery views and the coalition of abolitionists, Black national leaders, religious institutions, and women. . . . More than a straightforward biography, this book weaves together a complex story of religion, reform, and politics in the Civil War-era Midwest and Lovejoy seemingly at the center of everything." --Middle West Review
"Owen Lovejoy was that rarest of beings--a dedicated abolitionist and a savvy politician. Having already published an indispensable collection of Lovejoy's most important writings, the Moores have now given us the most thorough biography of Lovejoy to date. Grounded in deep research and an unparalleled familiarity with the ins and outs of Illinois politics, the Moores demonstrate Lovejoy's crucial role in the creation of the 'coalition for equality' that eventually brought slavery down."--James Oakes, author of The Scorpions Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
"This very fine study of Owen Lovejoy develops a deep understanding of a significant antislavery politician and of the Midwestern political culture that he so skillfully represented. It is a biography offers rich rewards to historians who study the problem of slavery, the abolitionist movement, and the politics of the sectional conflict."--James Brewer Stewart, author of Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Becoming a Political Abolitionist: 1811–1842
2. Working against Slavery with Churchmen, Women, and Blacks: 1843-1846
3. Responding to Legislative Maneuverings: 1847-1851
4. Organizing a Christian Political Response to Win Elections: 1852-1854
5. Achieving Political Fusion and Winning a Seat in Congress: 1855–November 1857
6. Confronting the Slave Power and Unifying Illinois Republicans: November 1857–November 1859
7. Electing Lincoln and Holding the Party Together: December 1859–June 1861
8. Promoting Emancipation in the Thirty-Seventh Congress: July 1861–August 1862
9. Struggling to Enact Legal and Enduring Equality: Autumn 1862–March 25, 1864
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Back cover
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC