American Slavery, Irish Freedom: Abolition, Immigrant Citizenship, and the Transatlantic Movement for Irish Repeal

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Abolition, immigrAnt Citizenship, and the trAnsAtlAntiC movement for irish repeAl AngelA F. murphy AmeriCAn slAvery IRISH FREEDOM Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Published with the assistance of the V. Ray Cardozier Fund Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2010 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America first printing designer: Amanda McDonald Scallan typeface: display: Rosewood Std.; text: Whitman printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Murphy, Angela F., 1967– American slavery, Irish freedom : abolition, immigrant citizenship, and the transatlantic movement for Irish repeal / Angela F. Murphy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-3639-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Irish Americans—History—19th century. 2. Irish Americans—Politics and government—19th century. 3. Irish Americans—Attitudes. 4. Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century. 5. Slavery—United States— History—19th century. 6. O’Connell, Daniel, 1775–1847. 7. Irish question. 8. Home rule—Ireland. 9. Ireland—History —Autonomy and independence movements. I. Title. E184.I6M766 2010 305.891'62073—dc22 2009046068 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ To Ned This page intentionally left blank ...