Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism /

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Hoofdauteur: Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola (Auteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Reeks:New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.