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The character of freedom : the Scottish Enlightenment and American slavery / Gideon Mailer
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mailer, Gideon, author.
- Series:
- American political thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Enlightenment--Scotland--Influence.
- Enlightenment.
- Liberty.
- United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
- Freedom.
- freedom.
- Enlightenment--Influence.
- Intellectual life.
- Politics and government.
- Scotland.
- Medical Subjects:
- Freedom.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2026]
- Summary:
- The Character of Freedom is an eye-opening look at the history of abolitionist ideas in the formative period of American political life. Spanning the Atlantic and exploring both white and Black thinkers, Mailer’s groundbreaking work is a major contribution to our understanding of early American political thought
- Contents:
- Introduction : The character of freedom in Scotland and America
- “The generous sentiment flows glibly off our tongues” : Slavery and Scottish moral philosophy after the Act of Union
- “I am now by the Christian religion liberate” : Enlightenment, evangelicalism, and the Scottish slavery trials
- “A blot in the character of freemen” : Slavery and Scottish moral philosophy in eighteenth-century America
- “And that ye break every yoke” : Slavery and Scottish evangelicalism in eighteenth-century America
- “Prudence and love of order” : Scottish philosophy, Presbyterian revival, and Freedom’s Journal
- “It is Bibleism, and we claim some instrumentality in teaching it” : Black abolitionism, Scottish moral philosophy, and Presbyterian schism
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed July 21, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mailer, Gideon, Character of freedom
- ISBN:
- 9780700642304
- 0700642307
- 9780700642298
- 0700642293
- OCLC:
- 1603169773
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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