Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
2011
E449 .A15554 2011eb
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Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
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9780801898525
0801898528
9781421401270 (electronic book)
0801898528
9781421401270 (electronic book)
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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English
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1 online resource (339 pages)
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E449 .A15554 2011eb
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306.3/620973
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.