Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
2011
E449 .A15554 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
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ISBN
9780801898525 (alk. paper)
0801898528 (alk. paper)
0801898528 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
330 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E449 .A15554 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.3/620973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
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Table of 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.
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.