Rightful liberty : slavery, morality, and Thomas Jefferson's world / Arthur Scherr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scherr, Arthur, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social views.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Ethics.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Ethics.

Political and social views.

United States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 422 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Jefferson's Idea of "Natural History": Notes on Virginia, Montesquieu, and Slavery

2. The Emergence and Growth of Jefferson's Moral and Political Relativism

3. The Moral Sense, Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Christianity, and Race

4. Gabriel's Rebellion (1800) Impels Jefferson's Search for a Haitian/African Sanctuary

5. Jefferson, Slavery, and the Branagan Affair

6. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and the "Moral Sense"

7. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and Moral Sense Applications in Politics and Society: "The Earth Belongs to the Living"

8. War and International Morality: Examining Another Form of Evil

9. "A Capitulation between Conflicting Interests and Opinions": Jefferson's Political Roles for Women, Slaves, and "Infants"

10. Jefferson on the Abolition of Slavery: From Richard Price to Edward Coles

11. Jefferson's Road Not Taken: Edward Coles and Slavery

12. Jefferson "at Home" with His Slaves: The James Hubbard Incident

13. Morality versus "Self-Preservation": Jefferson on Slave Revolt, the Missouri Controversy, and the Haitian Panacea

14. Jefferson's Sectional Missouri Politics Overcomes His Vision of Destruction

15. Jefferson's Solution to the Slavery Issue Relies on the Nation's Moral Sense

16. Jefferson's Late-Life Speculations on the Haitian "Receptacle"

17. Jefferson's Ambivalence toward Immigration: Turn and Return, 1776-1826

18. "I Have No Doubt but That They Will Be Good Citizens": Linking White Immigration with Slavery's Abolition

19. Jefferson's Political and Educational Theories Merge Moral Universalism and Cultural Relativism

20. Echoes of American Exceptionalism: Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Haitian Independence, and the Latin American Revolutions

21. An End and a Beginning: Jefferson's Antislavery Legislation and His Relationship with Sally Hemings

22. Jefferson's Unknown Friendship with Patrick Henry, a Free Black Farmer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0881468053

9780881468052

OCLC:

1258674461