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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New studies in American intellectual and cultural historyPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421401270 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism.DDC classification:
  • 306.3/620973 22
LOC classification:
  • E449 .A15554 2011eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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