Title Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (330 pages) Series New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. 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 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] Notes OldControl:muse9781421401270 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Quäker. idszbz Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- United States -- Psychological aspects Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century Abolitionists -- History -- 19th century Quaker abolitionists -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Abolitionists Antislavery movements Moral conditions Quaker abolitionists Slavery Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects Slavery -- Psychological aspects Sklaverei Abolitionismus Humanitarismus Sklaverei. Abolitionismus. SUBJECT United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century Subject United States USA. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010042477 ISBN 9781421401270 1421401274

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