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HomePaul Polgar

Paul Polgar

Book cover of Standard-Bearers of Equality: America’s First Abolition Movement by Paul Polgar
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Standard-Bearers of Equality: America’s First Abolition Movement

Paul Polgar recovers the racially inclusive vision of America’s first abolition movement. In showcasing the activities of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the New York Manumission Society, and their African American allies during the post-Revolutionary and early national eras, he unearths this coalition’s comprehensive agenda for black freedom and equality. By guarding and expanding the rights of people of African descent and demonstrating that black Americans could become virtuous citizens of the new Republic, these activists, whom Polgar names “first movement abolitionists,” sought to end white prejudice and eliminate racial inequality. […Learn More]

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