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Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America by J. Brent Morris (review)

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in... paul quigley is James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech and director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He is the author of Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848­1865 (Oxford University Press, 2011). Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America. By J. Brent Morris. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Pp. 332. Cloth, $34.95.) What's in a name? J. Brent Morris's book shows that in the antebellum period, "Oberlin" became synonymous with the fight against slavery and for equality. Morris describes the college and surrounding community as a training camp for antislavery activists and think tank for abolitionist ideology. The author's goal is to restore the importance of the collegiate colony to the history of the antislavery movement by arguing that members of the Oberlin community, African Americans in particular, were key contributors to the wider struggle for black freedom. The college's pragmatic brand of abolitionism, a product of its western location, religious ideals, and diverse population, helped its leaders transcend the ideological divisions within abolitionism and achieve practical results. In its emphasis on the strategies of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of the Civil War Era University of North Carolina Press

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America by J. Brent Morris (review)

The Journal of the Civil War Era , Volume 5 (3) – Aug 8, 2015

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paul quigley is James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech and director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He is the author of Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848­1865 (Oxford University Press, 2011). Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America. By J. Brent Morris. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Pp. 332. Cloth, $34.95.) What's in a name? J. Brent Morris's book shows that in the antebellum period, "Oberlin" became synonymous with the fight against slavery and for equality. Morris describes the college and surrounding community as a training camp for antislavery activists and think tank for abolitionist ideology. The author's goal is to restore the importance of the collegiate colony to the history of the antislavery movement by arguing that members of the Oberlin community, African Americans in particular, were key contributors to the wider struggle for black freedom. The college's pragmatic brand of abolitionism, a product of its western location, religious ideals, and diverse population, helped its leaders transcend the ideological divisions within abolitionism and achieve practical results. In its emphasis on the strategies of

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Published: Aug 8, 2015

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