Slavery and the principle of humanity: A modern idea in the early lower south.

Examines how those within society used contemporary social theory to interpret their exploitative relations with others. Reconsideration of how whites in Georgia and South Carolina thought about and treated their slaves; Whites' inability to accept either revolutionary or evangelical thought without...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social History Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 299 - 316
Autor principal: Chaplin, Joyce E.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Winter90
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Sumario:Examines how those within society used contemporary social theory to interpret their exploitative relations with others. Reconsideration of how whites in Georgia and South Carolina thought about and treated their slaves; Whites' inability to accept either revolutionary or evangelical thought without substantial revision; Reliance on Christian tradition to reinterpret their relation to blacks.