Religious Diversity and Social Change
Subtitle: American Cities, 18901906
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780521046701
Subjects: Religion: general; Religion / General
First sentence: After the conclusion of the nineteenth century's most important social crusade, the one which sought to liberate thousands of Americans from legal though involuntary servitude, Wendell Phillips, a prominent abolitionist and a farsighted reformer, predicted that "the time will come when our cities will strain our institutions as slavery never did" (quoted in Strong, 1898: 101-102).