On the Side of Righteousness: Women, the Church, and Abolition in the U.S

Stacey Robertson explores how Unitarian, Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, and Methodist women expressed their antislavery sentiment within their churches and how these institutions influenced the manifestation of that sentiment in public life. The talk highlights the repertoire of spiritual and organizational tools with which the church helped women negotiate a powerful voice within the larger movement. Despite its limitations, the church facilitated an increasingly uncompromising and political abolitionism among women.