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The debate over slavery : antislavery and proslavery liberalism in antebellum America / / David F. Ericson



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Autore: Ericson David F. <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The debate over slavery : antislavery and proslavery liberalism in antebellum America / / David F. Ericson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 306.3/62/0973
Soggetto topico: Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Slavery - Southern States - Justification
Liberalism - United States - History - 19th century
Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States Intellectual life 19th century
Southern States Intellectual life
Southern States Race relations
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-233) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Author
Sommario/riassunto: Frederick 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The debate over slavery  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-2290-3
0-585-47187-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816737003321
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