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Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism
- Title
- Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
- Author
- Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
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Details
- Description
- 330 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- " ... Shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today"--Jacket, page [3].
- Series Statement
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
- Uniform Title
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
- Subjects
- Abolitionists > History > 19th century
- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
- Quaker abolitionists > History > 19th century
- Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- Slavery > United States > Psychological aspects
- United States > Moral conditions > History > 19th century
- Slavery > United States > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7973
- ISBN
- 9780801898525 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801898528 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010042477
- OCLC
- 670324845
- Author
- Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola.
- Title
- Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural historyNew studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7973