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Polemical Pain : Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421401270
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Polemical PainDDC classification:
  • 306.3/620973
LOC classification:
  • E449 .A15554 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Self-Denial, Martyrdom, and the Formation of Quaker Humanitarianism -- 2 Humanity, Human Nature, and the Problem of Cruelty -- 3 Moral Responsibility and Removal, 1800-1832 -- 4 Politicizing Humaneness, 1832-1839 -- 5 Suited for Slavery, 1840-1851 -- 6 The Contradictions of Benevolence, 1852-1861 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: Polemical Pain shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Self-Denial, Martyrdom, and the Formation of Quaker Humanitarianism -- 2 Humanity, Human Nature, and the Problem of Cruelty -- 3 Moral Responsibility and Removal, 1800-1832 -- 4 Politicizing Humaneness, 1832-1839 -- 5 Suited for Slavery, 1840-1851 -- 6 The Contradictions of Benevolence, 1852-1861 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Polemical Pain shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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