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

New York : New York University Press, c2000

Online-Ressource (ix, 241 p) ; 24 cm

Englisch

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-233) and index

Print version: The Debate Over Slavery : Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America

0-8147-2213-X ; 0-8147-2212-1

978-0-8147-2212-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

E449

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LOC-SH: Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Southern States -- Intellectual life ; Southern States -- Race relations ; Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification ; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century

Southern States - Intellectual life ; Electronic books

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