Book contents
- Friends of Freedom
- Friends of Freedom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
- 1 The Sons of Liberty and the Creation of a Movement Model
- 2 From Boycott Mobilization to the American Revolution
- 3 Wilkes, Liberty, and the Anglo-American Crisis
- 4 The British Association Movement and Parliamentary Reform
- 5 The Irish Volunteers and Militant Reform
- 6 Religious Freedom, Political Liberty, and Protestant Dissenter Civil Rights
- 7 The Rise of American Abolitionism
- 8 British Abolitionism and the Broadening of Social Movements
- Part II The French Revolution Radicalizes Social Movements
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - British Abolitionism and the Broadening of Social Movements
from Part I - The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2021
Book contents
- Friends of Freedom
- Friends of Freedom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The American Revolution Ignites Social Movements
- 1 The Sons of Liberty and the Creation of a Movement Model
- 2 From Boycott Mobilization to the American Revolution
- 3 Wilkes, Liberty, and the Anglo-American Crisis
- 4 The British Association Movement and Parliamentary Reform
- 5 The Irish Volunteers and Militant Reform
- 6 Religious Freedom, Political Liberty, and Protestant Dissenter Civil Rights
- 7 The Rise of American Abolitionism
- 8 British Abolitionism and the Broadening of Social Movements
- Part II The French Revolution Radicalizes Social Movements
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The French Jacobins were founded in November 1789 after an inspiring letter arrived from the London Revolution Society, a minor British reform organization made up mostly of leading Protestant Dissenters. Thereafter, they mobilized a network of affiliated societies explicitly along Anglo-American lines, creating a powerful pressure-group capable of spreading revolutionary principles and influencing the National Assembly. Though barely surviving division and attempted suppression in 1791, as the Revolution radicalized they became poised to be an unparalleled force in French politics.
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- Friends of FreedomThe Rise of Social Movements in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, pp. 197 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021