Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York: Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy 1317775767, 9781317775768

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York: Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy
1317775767, 9781317775768

During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by

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A local historian uncovers a racially charged murder trial in upstate New York in this examination of prejudice and puni

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