Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War against SlaveryLSU Press, 01.10.1997 - 376 Seiten Lewis Tappan (1788--1873), founder of the Journal of Commerce and the nation's first credit rating firm, is probably best known for his business accomplishments. His greatest achievement, however, was not finance but freedom. In the 1830s, he and his wealthy brother Arthur underwrote and inspired the Manhattan headquarters of the American Anti-Slavery Society and founded many other organizations to promote freedom, faith, and racial tolerance. As prominent historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown demonstrates in this fascinating portrait, Tappan contributed much more to the cause of liberty and equality than has yet been acknowledged. |
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The Legacy of Sarah Tappan | 1 |
Boston | 17 |
Silks Feathers and Piety | 41 |
Yankees versus Yorkers | 60 |
A Pilgrims Progress | 78 |
National Antislavery Begins | 98 |
Oberlin and Boston | 126 |
The Great Postal Campaign | 149 |
The Mendi Africans | 205 |
The Mercantile Agency | 226 |
England and Texas | 248 |
The Frustrations of Christian Politics | 269 |
The American Missionary Association | 287 |
Antislavery and the Evangelical Movement | 310 |
The Violent Decades | 328 |
Bibliographical Essay | 347 |
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