Morality and Utility in American Antislavery Reform

by Louis S. Gerteis

Book Overview

From the late colonial period through the Civil War, slavery developed as the most powerful obstacle to the triumph of liberal values in America. In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, the ambiguities of the revolutionary generation's accomodation of slavery gave way to a direct and violent conflict between northern liberalism and southern slavery. The character of the antislavery movement -- its relationship to broader discussions of morality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857327
• ISBN13: 9780807857328
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"