The fortunate heirs of freedom : abolition & Republican thought /
Across lines of race, gender, religion, and class, abolitionists understood their reform effort in the same basic terms -- as part of a continuous struggle between the forces of power and the forces of liberty in which vigilant citizens battled tyranny and corruption, defending the independence and...
| Основен автор: | McInerney, Daniel John, 1951- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
℗♭1994.
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Print version::
Fortunate heirs of freedom. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- The fine thread : the problem of Republican slavery
- Republican memories : the abolitionists' sense of history
- A faith for freedom : the political gospel of abolition
- Power, passion, and personality : abolition and American politics
- The costs of liberty : the abolitionist argument on political economy
- Declarations of independence : the language of liberty and the identity of the republic
- Conclusion : the Republican edge
- Bibliographic essay.