Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism /
Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola,
Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo. - 1 online resource (339 pages) - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history . - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Self-denial, Martyrdom, and the formation of Quaker humanitarianism -- Humanity, human nature, and the problem of cruelty -- Moral responsibility and removal, 1800-1832 -- Politicizing humaneness, 1832-1839 -- Suited for slavery, 1840-1852 -- The contradictions of benevolence, 1852-1861.
9781421401270
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Quaker abolitionists--History--19th century.
Abolitionists--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States
Slavery--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
E449 / .A15554 2011
306.3/620973
Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo. - 1 online resource (339 pages) - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history . - New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Self-denial, Martyrdom, and the formation of Quaker humanitarianism -- Humanity, human nature, and the problem of cruelty -- Moral responsibility and removal, 1800-1832 -- Politicizing humaneness, 1832-1839 -- Suited for slavery, 1840-1852 -- The contradictions of benevolence, 1852-1861.
9781421401270
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Quaker abolitionists--History--19th century.
Abolitionists--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States
Slavery--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
E449 / .A15554 2011
306.3/620973