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"Enimies To Mankind": Convict Servitude, Authority, And Humanitarianism In The British Atlantic World, Nicole K. Dressler
"Enimies To Mankind": Convict Servitude, Authority, And Humanitarianism In The British Atlantic World, Nicole K. Dressler
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This study examines the role that British convict transportation and penal servitude in America played in the early history of humanitarianism. During the eighteenth century Britons' and Americans' ideas about moral obligations and suffering changed drastically toward traditionally detested people, including transported convicts, enslaved Africans, sailors, and the poor. Historians have made it clear that people in the eighteenth century created unprecedented ways to understand the human condition, and studying coerced labor of all kinds tells scholars more about how unfreedom shaped the language, ethics, and practices of the early stages of humanitarianism. In the eighteenth century British courts banished …
The Terror Of Their Enemies: Reflections On A Trope In Eighteenth-Century Historiography, Ronald Schechter
The Terror Of Their Enemies: Reflections On A Trope In Eighteenth-Century Historiography, Ronald Schechter
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A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
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Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
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The Jewish Question In Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter
The Jewish Question In Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter
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Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
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Translating The Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism And The Emancipation Of Jews In Revolutionary France, Ronald Schechter
Translating The Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism And The Emancipation Of Jews In Revolutionary France, Ronald Schechter
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Excerpt from the article: "On 21 October 1792 the Jews of Metz joined their Gentile compatriots in celebrating a republican victory. Emancipated by the Constituent Assembly only one year previously, the newcomers to French citizenship took the occasion of a civic festival to celebrate their recently won freedom..."