A History of Southland College
A History of Southland College

Author: Thomas Kennedy

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781610750011

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In 1864 Alida and Calvin Clark, two abolitionist members of the Religious Society of Friends from Indiana, went on a mission trip to Helena, Arkansas. The Clarks had come to render temporary relief to displaced war orphans but instead found a lifelong calling. During their time in Arkansas, they started the school that became Southland College, which was the first institution of higher education for blacks west of the Mississippi, and they set up the first predominately black monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in North America. Their progressive racial vision was continued by a succession of midwestern Quakers willing to endure the primitive conditions and social isolation of their work and to overcome the persistent challenges of economic adversity, social strife, and natural disaster. Southland’s survival through six difficult and sometimes dangerous decades reflects both the continuing missionary zeal of the Clarks and their successors as well as the dedication of the black Arkansans who sought dignity and hope at a time when these were rare commodities for African Americans in Arkansas.

The Frederick Douglass Papers
The Frederick Douglass Papers

Author: Frederick Douglass

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 715

ISBN-13: 0300218303

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A second volume of the collected correspondence of the great African-American reformer and abolitionist features correspondence written during the Civil War years The second collection of meticulously edited correspondence with abolitionist, author, statesman, and former slave Frederick Douglass covers the years leading up to the Civil War through the close of the conflict, offering readers an illuminating portrait of an extraordinary American and the turbulent times in which he lived. An important contribution to historical scholarship, the documents offer fascinating insights into the abolitionist movement during wartime and the author's relationship to Abraham Lincoln and other prominent figures of the era.

Abolitionism and American Religion
Abolitionism and American Religion

Author: John R. McKivigan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780815331063

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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

God's Government Begun
God's Government Begun

Author: Thomas D. Hamm

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1995-11-22

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780253114716

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Growing out of the most radical fringes of the abolitionist movement, the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform set out to inaugurate a new social order based on the principles of nonresistance. The Society founded eight utopian communities which, though short-lived, were the setting for the most radical questioning of antebellum American society. The members of the Society renounced all forms of coercive relationships. They attempted to live without government or private property and to model new visions of work, education, religion, economics, women's rights and roles, and community. This book tells the story of their impassioned attempt to transform the world and begin the "Government of God."

Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880
Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880

Author: Emma Lou Thornbrough

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 791

ISBN-13: 0871950502

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In Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850–1880 (vol. 3, History of Indiana Series), author Emma Lou Thornbrough deals with the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Thornbrough utilized scholarly writing as well as examined basic source materials, both published and unpublished, to present a balanced account of life in Indiana during the Civil War era, with attention given to political, economic, social, and cultural developments. The book includes a bibliography, notes, and index.