Gentlemen of Property and Standing
| Author | : Leonard L. Richards |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| ISBN-10 | : LCCN:73022189 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gentlemen of Property and Standing by : Leonard L. Richards
Download or read book Gentlemen of Property and Standing written by Leonard L. Richards and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generation before the Civil War, riots flared up in many northern cities. In New York, Boston, Utica, and Cincinnati mobs broke up anti-slavery meetings, tormented free blacks, and razed the Negro quarters; and in Illinois, the newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy was slain. This book examines what motivated these zealous northern anti-abolitionists.
