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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808677203321
• Autore: Abruzzo Margaret Nicola
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-4214-0127-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Collana: New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
• Disciplina: 306.3/620973
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.