The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... slavery is removed from the final document , so the substitution of a simple and direct negative subject in the fugitive slave provision ( “ No person legally held to service " ) removes the subordinate conditional clause and , with it ...
... slavery is removed from the final document , so the substitution of a simple and direct negative subject in the fugitive slave provision ( “ No person legally held to service " ) removes the subordinate conditional clause and , with it ...
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... slavery in eighteenth- century America are ministers . Moreover , the extraordinary eloquence of the clergy on the problems of slavery in the early 1770s has much to do with their political power . Preachers like Nathaniel Niles in ...
... slavery in eighteenth- century America are ministers . Moreover , the extraordinary eloquence of the clergy on the problems of slavery in the early 1770s has much to do with their political power . Preachers like Nathaniel Niles in ...
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... slavery is correspondingly weaker and less convincing ; gone from it is the religious voice that expects horrible and eternal punishment at any mo- ment for the sin of slavery . The oratorical shifts caused by the separation of church ...
... slavery is correspondingly weaker and less convincing ; gone from it is the religious voice that expects horrible and eternal punishment at any mo- ment for the sin of slavery . The oratorical shifts caused by the separation of church ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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