Title Fighting for the Higher Law : black and white Transcendentalists against slavery / Peter Wirzbicki

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations Series America in the nineteenth century America in the nineteenth century. Contents Introduction -- Chapter 1. Transcendentalism in Black and White -- Chapter 2. The Latest Forms of Infidelity -- Chapter 3. The Cotton Economy and the Rise of Universal Reformers -- Chapter 4. Fugitive Slaves and the Many Origins of Civil Disobedience Theory -- Chapter 5. Heroism, Violence, and Race -- Chapter 6. A War of Ideas -- Epilogue Summary In Fighting for the Higher Law, Peter Wirzbicki explores how important black abolitionists joined famous Transcendentalists to create a political philosophy that fired the radical struggle against American slavery Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (pages 265-316) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed July 11, 2022) Subject Antislavery movements -- New England -- History -- 19th century Transcendentalism (New England) -- History -- 19th century African American abolitionists -- History -- 19th century Transcendentalists (New England) -- History -- 19th century HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. African American abolitionists Antislavery movements Intellectual life Transcendentalism (New England) Transcendentalists (New England) SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140365 Subject New England United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812297898 081229789X

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