Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola, <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421401270 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Quaker abolitionists--History--19th century.<br/>Abolitionists--History--19th century.<br/>Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States<br/>Slavery--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E449  / .A15554 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3/620973