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

The Debate Over Slavery : : Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America / / David F. Ericson.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Ericson, David F.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Part III
  • 5. Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism
  • 6. James H. Hammond
  • Part IV
  • 7. The “House Divided” and Civil-War Causation
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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