Justifying Slavery: An Exlopration of Self-Deception Mechanisms in Proslavery Argument in the Antebellum South
An exploration of self-deception in proslavery arguments in the antebellum South. This work explores how proslavery theorists were able to support slavery despite overwhelming evidence that slavery was immoral. By using non-intentional self-deception, slavery supporters tested their hypothesis that...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2013
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Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/265 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1208&context=scripps_theses |