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

" ... Shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today"--Jacket, page [3].

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
Colección:New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.