Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism |
Author: |
AbruzzoMargaret Nicola, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Baltimore |
Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
Description: |
1 online resource (330 p.). |
Series: |
New studies in American intellectual and cultural history |
Subject: |
Slavery - History - United States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Slavery - Psychological aspects - United States - |
Subject: |
Antislavery movements - History - United States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Abolitionists - History - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Quaker abolitionists - History - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Slavery - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
United States - Moral conditions - 19th century - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421401270/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9781421401270electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
1421401274electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780801898525hbk. |
ISBN: |
0801898528hbk. |
Content Note: |
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 |