Practical dreamer
Subtitle: Gerrit Smith and the crusade for social reform
By: Norman Dann
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Log Cabin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hamilton, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780975554869; 9780975554876
Subjects: Social change; Biography; History; Antislavery movements; Social reformers; Abolitionists
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-643) and index.
Table of contents: title: The personal side of Gerrit Smith; title: The early days : boyhood, college and the era; title: Human rights and values; title: Philanthropy; title: Style; title: Peterboro; title: Elizabeth and Greene; title: Other relationships; title: Ann Smith; title: Friendship, recreation, health and balance; title: Religion, business and politics; title: The impact of religion; title: Business endeavors; title: Politics; title: Social reform; title: Temperance; title: Women's rights; title: Abolitionists; title: From colonization to politics; title: Commitment to abolition; title: From John Brown to the Civil War; title: The Constitution, the churches and the Civil War.