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The era of reform, 1830-1860
Henry Steele Commager-
Frontmatter
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Introduction (page 7)
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I THE PHILOSOPHY OF REFORM
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1. Thomas Jefferson: All Eyes Are Opened to the Rights of Man, 1826 (page 18)
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2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Man the Reformer, 1841 (page 20)
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3. Ralph Waldo Emerson: The New England Reformers, 1844 (page 24)
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4. Robert Owen: Call for a World Convention, 1845 (page 27)
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5. Horace Greeley: Reforms and Reformers (page 29)
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6. Theodore Parker: A Brief History of New England Reform (page 32)
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II UTOPIANISM
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7. Frances Wright: Reform, Radical and Universal, 1829 (page 37)
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8. Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands, 1843 (page 41)
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9. Elizabeth Peabody: Account of Brook Farm (page 43)
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10. Adin Ballou Explains the Hopedale Community (page 46)
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11. Report of the Trumball Phalanx, 1846 (page 48)
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12. John H. Noyes: Constitution of the Oneida Community, 1848 (page 51)
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III POLITICAL REFORM
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13. George Bancroft: The People Is Always Firm and Sagacious, 1835 (page 54)
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14. Thomas Dorr: The Right of the People to Remake Their Constitutions, 1842 (page 58)
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15. Justice Daniel: The Relation of Property to Government, 1848 (page 61)
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16. Memorial of the Non-Freeholders of Richmond, Virginia, 1829 (page 63)
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17. Norton Townshend on Negro Suffrage in Ohio, 1851 (page 67)
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18. Andrew Jackson on Rotation in Office, 1829 (page 70)
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IV WOMEN'S RIGHTS
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19. Catherine Beecher on Education for Women, 1829 (page 73)
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20. Seneca Falls Declaration of Independence, 1848 (page 76)
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21. Lucy Stone: Protest Against Existing Marriage Rules and Customs, 1855 (page 81)
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22. Ohio Memorial on Woman Suffrage, 1850 (page 83)
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23. Wendell Phillips: Plea for Woman Suffrage, 1861 (page 85)
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V Economic Reform
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24. Thomas Skidmore: A Plan for Equalizing Property, 1829 (page 87)
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25. William Leggett: Rich and Poor, 1834 (page 93)
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26. Andrew Jackson: The Danger of a Money Monopoly, 1837 (page 97)
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27. Theodore Parker: The Bad Merchant, 1846 (page 99)
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28. Child Labor in Massachusetts, 1825 (page 102)
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29. The Case of the Journeyman Tailors, 1836 (page 104)
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30. Justice Shaw Legalizes Unions and Collective Bargaining, 1842 (page 109)
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VI LAND REFORM
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31. Feudal Tenure in New York and the Antirent Troubles, 1844-46 (page 113)
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32. Pre-Emption Act of 1841 (page 117)
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33. George Henry Evans and the Beginnings of Homestead Agitation, 1844 (page 119)
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34. "Vote Yourself a Farm," 1846 (page 123)
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35. The Homestead Act, 1860 (page 125)
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VII EDUCATION
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36. The Massachusetts High School Act, 1827 (page 126)
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37. Abraham Lincoln on the Vital Importance of Education, 1832 (page 128)
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38. Thaddeus Stevens: Plea for Public Education in Pennsylvania, 1835 (page 129)
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39. Horace Mann on Education and National Welfare, 1848 (page 132)
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40. Massachusetts Compulsory School Law, 1852 (page 136)
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41. The Constitution of a Lyceum, 1829 (page 137)
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42. Elizabeth Peabody: Record of Mr. Alcott's School 1835 (page 140)
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43. Walt Whitman on the Faults of Public Schools, 1847 (page 144)
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VIII HUMANITARIANISM
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44. Protest Against Imprisonment for Debt, 1830 (page 146)
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45. Edward Livingston: Code of Reform and Prison Discipline, 1824, 1833 (page 149)
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46. Temperance and Prohibition Legislation, 1850-55 (page 153)
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47. Religious Freedom: Petition on Behalf of Abner Kneeland, 1838 (page 159)
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48. Charles Loring Brace: The Founding of the Children's Aid Society, 1853 (page 162)
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49. Dorothea Dix: Memorial on the Condition of the Insane of Massachusetts, 1843 (page 165)
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IX THE PEACE CRUSADE
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50. William Lloyd Garrison: Declaration of Non-Resistance Sentiments, 1838 (page 171)
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51. William Ladd: Program for a Congress of Nations, 1840 (page 174)
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52. Elihu Burritt: Address on a Congress of Nations, 1849 (page 177)
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53. Charles Sumner: The Truth Grandeur of Nations, 1845 (page 181)
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CONCLUSION
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54. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Earth's Holocaust, 1844 (page 183)
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55. Horace Greeley: The Life of the Reformer (page 185)
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INDEX (page 187)
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LIST OF ANVIL BOOKS (page 192)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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MVHR | 47.2 (Sep. 1960): 367 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1891775 |
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Published: c1960
Publisher: Van Nostrand