Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism /
Abruzzo, Margaret Nicola.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Self-denial, Martyrdom, and the formation of Quaker humanitarianism -- Humanity, human nature, and the problem of cruelty -- Moral responsibility and removal, 1800-1832 -- Politicizing humaneness, 1832-1839 -- Suited for slavery, 1840-1852 -- The contradictions of benevolence, 1852-1861.
Slavery
Quaker abolitionists
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Slavery