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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"peculiar institution"”.
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The Ethics of Care of the Self as Resistance to a “Peculiar Institution”
This thesis discusses some of the critiques of modern moral theories (deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics) posed by Elizabeth Anscombe, Michael Stocker, Bernard Williams, and Susan Wolf. It focuses on Stocker’s challenge that when subjects try to act on such theories they become …
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A Peculiar Place for the Peculiar Institution: Slavery and Sovereignty in Early Territorial Utah
… culminate in civil war. Utah may have been a peculiar place for the “peculiar institution" of slavery, but its legalization in the territory, and Congress' failure to acknowledge it, provide a compelling case study of popular sovereignty in action in the antebellum West.
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The Peculiar Institution? A Multisite Case Study of Athletic Department Cultures at Small Christian Institutions
… in athletic departments at small Christian institutions in the Midwestern United States. The study comprised of site visits to three small Christian institutions in the Midwestern United States. At each site, six individuals associated with the athletic department were interviewed; other …
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The anti-slavery sentiment of Virginia from 1830-1860
Slavery, often described as a "peculiar institution", "black evil", and "inhuman practice", offers one of the most interesting and far-reaching studies of early American history. When viewed in its entirety slavery is found to have had not only economic significance but also political, social, and …
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Temperance Reform in the Cotton Kingdom
… in conjunction with Southern defense of the peculiar institution has contributed to the general conclusion that the reform movements did not penetrate the South, a fact which constituted another important feature of distinctiveness between the two regions.
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Marching masters: slavery, race, and the Confederate Army, 1861-1865
… not fight for slavery alone, the defense of the peculiar institution, and the racial control they believed it assured, united rebels in their support of the Confederacy and the war effort. Amid the destruction of the Civil War, slavery became more important than ever for men battling Yankee …
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DEFYING CONVENTION: ATYPICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SLAVERY IN ANTEBELLUM NEW ORLEANS
… rested. Cotton was king, and slavery was the peculiar institution that ensured its dominance in the domestic and international markets of America. Popular portrayals, however, often neglect the complicated dynamics of American slavery and instead depict the institution in simplistic terms. The …
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Fulcrum of the Union: The Border South and the Secession Crisis, 1859-1861
… shows that although in terms of raw numbers the institution of slavery had experienced a slow decline in the Border South throughout the antebellum period, the region’s commitment to slavery’s perpetuity remained robust in 1860-61. Moderates pointed to the Constitution and the Fugitive Slave Law …
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El solar de Tejada, mil años de evolución institucional: de posible behetría medieval a bien de interés cultural
The Solar de Tejada is an existing institution in La Rioja, based in the municipality of Laguna de Cameros, where it has a property composed of an urban property (the ancestral house) and several rustic properties (the lands that complete its heritage), as well as a rich archive, which belongs, in …
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Black Boston: Negro life in Garrison's Boston, 1800-1860
… in America has been largely the history of the Peculiar Institution in its Southern setting. And given the pervasive influence slavery has had on all aspects of Negro life, it would be wrong to insist that this emphasis has been misplaced. But while the effects of slavery are, and will continue …