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Interview with Stephanie Difton Scott.
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Creator
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Difton Scott, Stephanie, McGee, Yasmin
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On February 18, 2017, Stephanie Difton Scott, a former student at the Old Davie School, was interviewed by Yasmin K. McGee, a graduate student in the MA History program at Florida Atlantic University. The interview was completed in conjunction with FAU and the Old Davie School Oral History Project in order to preserve the local history of the Town ofDavie. Mrs. Difton Scott provided details of her ancestry and family, shared memories of growing up in Davie's African-American community, and...
Show moreOn February 18, 2017, Stephanie Difton Scott, a former student at the Old Davie School, was interviewed by Yasmin K. McGee, a graduate student in the MA History program at Florida Atlantic University. The interview was completed in conjunction with FAU and the Old Davie School Oral History Project in order to preserve the local history of the Town ofDavie. Mrs. Difton Scott provided details of her ancestry and family, shared memories of growing up in Davie's African-American community, and fondly recalled her experiences at the Old Davie School.
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007873
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Oral histories --Florida
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Document (PDF)
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RESISTING THE SLAVOCRACY: THE BOSTON VIGILANCE COMMITTEE’S ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, 1846-1860.
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McGee, Yasmin K., Engle, Stephen, Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Republicanism, a long-standing ideology, which embodied political liberty, virtue, and constitutional law, shaped America’s political culture from the country’s inception. The Republican Party’s formation in the 1850s was no exception to this rule. Paying close attention to the social and political climate in Massachusetts, this thesis will journey through the United States’ turbulent antebellum years and examine how the abolitionist organization known as the Boston Vigilance Committee (BVC)...
Show moreRepublicanism, a long-standing ideology, which embodied political liberty, virtue, and constitutional law, shaped America’s political culture from the country’s inception. The Republican Party’s formation in the 1850s was no exception to this rule. Paying close attention to the social and political climate in Massachusetts, this thesis will journey through the United States’ turbulent antebellum years and examine how the abolitionist organization known as the Boston Vigilance Committee (BVC) fashioned the contours of this anti-slavery party. Although scholars debate the committee’s origins, by 1846 members increased and expanded their activism in protecting escaped slaves from being returned to slavery and in assisting fugitives to freedom. By standing on moral, economic, and legal ground, Vigilance Committee members transformed Boston’s political culture and helped mobilize Northern support for an anti-slavery agenda that founded the Republican party and ultimately culminated in slavery’s eventual demise.
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2020
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013459
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Vigilance Committee (Boston, Mass ), Republican Party (U S : 1854- ), Slavery & anti-slavery
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Document (PDF)
