Frederick Douglass : race and the rebirth of American liberalism / Peter C. Myers.
Frederick Douglass : race and the rebirth of American liberalism / Peter C. Myers.
Frederick Douglass : race and the rebirth of American liberalism / Peter C. Myers.
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Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2008.
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N973.8092/4
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English
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xiii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. "Killed All the Day Long": The True Philosophy of Slavery -- 2. The Moral Government of the Universe: Natural Rights, Natural Law, and the Natural Demise of Slavery -- 3. "The Pound of Flesh, but Not One Drop of Blood": The Constitution against Slavery -- 4. "Let Us Alone": Race and the Constitut...
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Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2008.
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Kansas
Date Published
c2008.
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"Myers examines the philosophic core of Douglass's political thought, offering a greater understanding of its depth and coherence. He depicts Douglass as the leading thinker to apply the Founders' doctrine of natural rights to the plight of African Americans - an activist who grounded his arguments in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and t...
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Frederick Douglass : race and the rebirth of American liberalism / Peter C. Myers.
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American political thought.
American political thought.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N973.8092/4
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74VMQDWxZNEZ
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9780700615728 (cloth : alk. paper)
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973.8092
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991000353179702626
