Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Polemical pain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

670324845

Responsibility statement

Margaret Abruzzo

Series statement

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history

Sub title

slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism

Table Of 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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