Fighting for the higher law : Black and White transcendentalists against slavery / Peter Wirzbicki.

Author
Wirzbicki, Peter [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Description
325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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      Subject(s)
      Series
      America in the nineteenth century [More in this series]
      Summary note
      "This book shows how, in the run up to the Civil War, white Transcendentalists were politicized by black abolitionists. The conduit between the two was black Transcendentalists"-- Provided by publisher.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Transcendentalism in black and white
      • The latest forms of infidelity
      • The cotton economy and the rise of universal reformers
      • Fugitive slaves and the many origins of civil disobedience theory
      • Heroism, violence, and race
      • A war of ideas.
      ISBN
      • 9780812252910
      • 0812252918 (hardcover)
      LCCN
      2020020792
      OCLC
      1157463198
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