British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility: Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807

by Brycchan Carey

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403946264
• ISBN13: 9781403946263
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"