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

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wirzbicki, Peter (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Collection:America in the nineteenth century.
Sujets:
1783-1899
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.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Transcendantalisme (Philosophie américaine) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Transcendantalistes (Philosophes américains) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Intellectual life
Transcendentalism (New England)
Transcendentalists (New England)
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 1783-1865.
New England
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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