Project Gutenberg 2012-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 273 Tuckerman, Bayard 1855 1923 Jay, John 1817 1894 11021724 William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery Produced by David E. Brown, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery" by Bayard Tuckerman is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work focuses on the life and contributions of William Jay, particularly his role in the antislavery movement and the fight against slavery through constitutional means. The book elucidates the challenges faced by abolitionists and the broader political and social context of their efforts. At the start of the book, Tuckerman introduces William Jay as the son of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States, and outlines his early life, education, and burgeoning interest in philanthropy and social justice. The opening portion highlights the complexities of Jay's character, intertwining his personal experiences with the larger narrative of the movement against slavery. It also touches upon the historical backdrop of slavery in America, the prevailing attitudes of society, and Jay's early engagements in political activism against the injustices faced by enslaved individuals, setting the stage for his pivotal role in influencing public opinion and policy in favor of abolition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Antislavery movements -- United States United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 Jay, William, 1789-1858 E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 392764 2025-06-16T07:03:08.874352 text/html 381781 2012-04-29T10:24:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1264501 2012-04-29T10:24:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1113390 2025-06-16T07:03:22.365328 application/epub+zip 1117158 2025-06-16T07:03:14.632336 application/epub+zip 203900 2025-06-16T07:03:11.855333 application/epub+zip 896470 2025-06-16T07:03:26.722337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 866976 2025-06-16T07:03:19.855302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276377 2022-09-18T06:58:40.336476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334560 2025-06-16T07:03:07.890355 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334293 2012-04-29T10:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 124222 2012-04-29T10:24:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 334284 2012-04-29T10:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124191 2012-04-29T10:24:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21561 2025-06-16T07:03:26.874298 application/rdf+xml 26410 2025-06-16T07:03:12.495329 image/jpeg 4632 2025-06-16T07:03:12.162342 image/jpeg 1389369 2025-06-16T07:03:08.931375 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia