Research Catalog

Title

Polemical pain [electronic resource] : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.

Author

Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola.

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.

Details

Description

1 online resource (330 p.)

Series Statement

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history

Uniform Title

• Polemical pain (Online)
• New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.

Alternative Title

Polemical pain (Online)

Subject

• Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > History > United States > 19th century
• Quaker abolitionists > History > 19th century
• Abolitionists > History > 19th century
• Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
• Slavery > United States > Psychological aspects
• Slavery > United States > History > 19th century
• United States > Moral conditions > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2010042477

OCLC

ssj0000606602

Author

Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola.

Title

Polemical pain [electronic resource] : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.

Imprint

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.

Series

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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