04159nam 2200733 a 450 991045547500332120211025222809.00-8147-2290-30-585-47187-810.18574/9780814722909(CKB)111087027966292(EBL)865381(OCoLC)784884442(SSID)ssj0000135685(PQKBManifestationID)11139164(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135685(PQKBWorkID)10062803(PQKB)10899857(MiAaPQ)EBC865381(OCoLC)179087875(MdBmJHUP)muse10891(DE-B1597)548147(DE-B1597)9780814722909(Au-PeEL)EBL865381(CaPaEBR)ebr10032491(EXLCZ)9911108702796629220000710d2000 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe debate over slavery[electronic resource] antislavery and proslavery liberalism in antebellum America /David F. EricsonNew York New York University Pressc20001 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2213-X 0-8147-2212-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-233) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. The Liberal Consensus Thesis and Slavery --2. The Antislavery and Proslavery Arguments --3. Child, Douglass, and Antislavery Liberalism --4. Wendell Phillips --5. Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism --6. James H. Hammond --7. The “House Divided” and Civil-War Causation --Notes --Index --About the AuthorFrederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were diametrically opposed. Where Douglass thundered against the evils of slavery, Fitzhugh counted its many alleged blessings in ways that would make modern readers cringe. What then could the leading abolitionist of the day and the most prominent southern proslavery intellectual possibly have in common? According to David F. Ericson, the answer is as surprising as it is simple; liberalism. In The Debate Over Slavery David F. Ericson makes the controversial argument that despite their many ostensible differences, most Northern abolitionists and Southern defenders of slavery shared many common commitments: to liberal principles; to the nation; to the nation's special mission in history; and to secular progress. He analyzes, side-by-side, pro and antislavery thinkers such as Lydia Marie Child, Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Thomas R. Dew, and James Fitzhugh to demonstrate the links between their very different ideas and to show how, operating from liberal principles, they came to such radically different conclusions. His raises disturbing questions about liberalism that historians, philosophers, and political scientists cannot afford to ignore.Antislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlaveryPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlaverySouthern StatesJustificationLiberalismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAbolitionistsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesIntellectual life19th centurySouthern StatesIntellectual lifeSouthern StatesRace relationsElectronic books.Antislavery movementsHistorySlaveryPolitical aspectsHistorySlaveryJustification.LiberalismHistoryAbolitionistsHistory306.3/62/0973Ericson David F.1950-1040204MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455475003321The debate over slavery2462877UNINA