Devotion of These Women: Rhode Island in the Antislavery Network

by Deborah Bingham Van Broekhoven

During the 1830s, the small state of Rhode Island flourished as a center of radical abolitionism. Inspired by William Lloyd Garrison's call for immediate emancipation, some twenty-five anti-slavery societies were formed under the leadership of the African American communities in Providence and Newport, several energetic Baptist and Congregational clergymen, and the wealthy elder statesman of the New England Friends, Moses Brown. Despite the efforts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497994
• ISBN13: 9781558497993
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"