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1 online resource (4, 9-383 pages). |
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Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
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Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
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The nature of civil liberty -- he arguments and positions of abolitionists -- The argument from the Scriptures -- The argument from the public good -- The fugitive slave law. |
| Summary |
"In replying to the others, we are conscious that we have often used strong language; for which, however, we have no apology to offer. We have dealt with their arguments and positions rather than with their motives and characters. If, in pursuing this course, we have often spoken strongly, we merely beg the reader to consider whether we have not also spoken justly. We have certainly not spoken without provocation. For even these men--the very lights and ornaments of abolitionism--have seldom condescended to argue the great question of Liberty and Slavery with us as with equals. On the contrary, they habitually address us as if nothing but a purblind ignorance of the very first elements of moral science could shield our minds against the force of their irresistible arguments. In the overflowing exuberance of their philanthropy, they take pity of our most lamentable moral darkness, and graciously condescend to teach us the very A B C of ethical philosophy! Hence, if we have deemed it a duty to lay bare their pompous inanities, showing them to be no oracles, and to strip their pitiful sophisms of the guise of a profound philosophy, we trust that no impartial reader will take offence at such vindication of the South against her accusers and despisers"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Content as of: Sept. 2001; title from Making of America bibliographic citation web page. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
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Slavery -- United States.
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Slavery -- Justification.
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Freedom. (DNLM)D005610
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Civil Rights. (DNLM)D002961
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Social Problems. (DNLM)D012940
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Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850) (OCoLC)fst01711721
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Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
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Slavery -- Justification.
(OCoLC)fst01120462
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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PsycBOOKS (EBSCO) EBSCO |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877. Essay on liberty and slavery. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856 (DLC) 11006914 (OCoLC)1967097 |
| ISBN |
0790537575 (microfiche) |
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9780790537573 (microfiche) |
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