The Debate Over Slavery : Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America.
2000
E449 .E73 2000
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Title
The Debate Over Slavery : Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America.
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ISBN
9780814722909 (electronic bk.)
0814722903 (electronic bk.)
0814722636
9780814722633 (electronic bk.)
0814722903 (electronic bk.)
0814722636
9780814722633 (electronic bk.)
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New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Language
English
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1 online resource (253 pages)
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E449 .E73 2000
Summary
Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were diametrically opposed. Where Douglass thundered against the evils of slavery, Fitzhugh counted its many alleged blessings in ways that would make modern readers cringe. What then could the leading abolitionist of the day and the most prominent southern proslavery intellectual possibly have in common? According to David F. Ericson, the answer is as surprising as it is simple; liberalism. In The Debate Over Slavery David F.
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Ericson.081472213X.p; 978-0-8147-2212-1-text.pdf; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 The Liberal Consensus Thesis and Slavery; 2 The Antislavery and Proslavery Arguments; Part II; 3 Child, Douglass, and Antislavery Liberalism; 4 Wendell Phillips: Liberty and Disunion; Part III; 5 Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism; 6 James H. Hammond: Slavery and Union; Part IV; 7 The "House Divided" and Civil-War Causation; Notes; Index; About the Author.