Lucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister.

Lucretia Mott's Heresy
Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America

Carol Faulkner

2011 | 312 pages | Cloth $45.00 | Paper $24.95
American History | African-American/African Studies | Women's/Gender Studies
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Heretic and Saint
1 Nantucket
2 Nine Partners
3 Schism
4 Immediate Abolition
5 Pennsylvania Hall
6 Abroad
7 Crisis
8 The Year 1848
9 Conventions
10 Fugitives
11 Civil War
12 Peace
Epilogue

Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
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