An edition of Polemical Pain (2011)
Polemical Pain
Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism
By Margaret Nicola Abruzzo
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
eng
Pages
344
Description:
" ... Shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today"--Jacket, page [3].
subjects: Slavery, united states, Abolitionists, Antislavery movements, united states, United states, moral conditions, Slavery, History, Quaker abolitionists, Antislavery movements, Psychological aspects, Moral conditions, Slavery--moral and ethical aspects--history, Slavery--moral and ethical aspects--united states--history--19th century, Quaker abolitionists--history, Quaker abolitionists--history--19th century, Abolitionists--history, Abolitionists--history--19th century, Antislavery movements--history, Antislavery movements--united states--history--19th century, Slavery--psychological aspects, Slavery--united states--psychological aspects, Slavery--history, Slavery--united states--history--19th century, E449 .a15554 2011, 306.3/620973, Moral and ethical aspects