Description
Book SynopsisThe Northwest Territory sparked heated debates over race and civil rights in the nascent United States from the moment of its founding. Part of the "Early American Places" series, this book contributes to the study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America.
Trade ReviewAnyone interested in the emergence of rights consciousness will benefit from reading this book.
* Ohio Valley History *
Weiner's book represents a useful expansion of the literature on the abolitionist movement.....[It] is an excellent study of race relations and the struggle over slavery in [the Midwest].
* The Annals of Iowa *
Weiner's book is a welcome addition recognizing the Old Northwest as a distinct region and, as such, a distinct voice in the discussion of race and rights in the developing United States in a small collection of such literature.
* Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society *
Race and Rights is a well-written narrative that gives a good picture of the world of antislavery activism in the Old Northwest.
* Indiana Magazine of History *
This well-written, deeply researched study of antislavery and proslavery actions in the Old Northwest adds powerful new dimensions to our understanding of evolving antagonisms about human servitude in the decades before the Civil War.
* Journal of American History *
