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Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / Margaret Abruzzo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola, author.
- Series:
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Quaker abolitionists--History--19th century.
- Quaker abolitionists.
- Abolitionists--History--19th century.
- Abolitionists.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Slavery--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0127-4
- OCLC:
- 798295743
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