ISBN:
081472213X
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0814722121
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 241 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Debate Over Slavery : Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America
DDC:
306.3/62/0973
Keywords:
Antislavery movements History 19th century
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Liberalism History 19th century
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Abolitionists History 19th century
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Slavery Political aspects 19th century
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History
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Slavery Justification
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Southern States - Intellectual life
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Electronic books
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Southern States Intellectual life
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Southern States Race relations
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United States Intellectual life 19th century
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books History
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
ericson.081472213X.p; 978-0-8147-2212-1-text.pdf; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 The Liberal Consensus Thesis and Slavery; 2 The Antislavery and Proslavery Arguments; Part II; 3 Child, Douglass, and Antislavery Liberalism; 4 Wendell Phillips: Liberty and Disunion; Part III; 5 Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism; 6 James H. Hammond: Slavery and Union; Part IV; 7 The "House Divided" and Civil-War Causation; Notes; Index; About the Author
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