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Author:

Myers, Peter C., 1959-

Title:

Frederick Douglass : race and the rebirth of American liberalism / Peter C. Myers.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Douglass, Frederick,--1818-1895--Political and social views.
Liberalism--United States--History--19th century.
Natural law--History--19th century.
Constitutional history--United States.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-249) and index.

Contents:

151. The Waves and the Sea: Race, America, and Humanity 20 -- 2 The Moral Government of the Universe: Natural Rights, Natural Law, and the Natural Demise of Slavery 47 -- 3 "The Pound of Flesh, but Not One Drop of Blood": The Constitution against Slavery 83 -- 4 "Let Us Alone": Race and the Constitution of Liberty 110 -- 5 The Waves and the Sea: Race, America, and Humanity 151.

Series:

American political thought.

ISBN:

0700615725 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700615728 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)172521689

LCCN:

2007037117

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)