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

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

Author/creator	Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011.
Description	330 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects --United States --History --19th century. Quaker abolitionists--History --19th century. Abolitionists--History --19th century. Antislavery movements--United States --History --19th century. Slavery--United States --Psychological aspects. Slavery--United States --History --19th century. United States--Moral conditions --History --19th century.

Series	New studies in American intellectual and cultural history New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. ^A260366
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010042477
ISBN	9780801898525 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801898528 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E449 .A15554 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold