The Antislavery debate: capitalism and abolitionism as a problem in historical interpretation

Introduction / Thomas Bender

Part 1. The problem of slavery in the age of revolution, 1770-1823 / David Brion Davis. 1. What the abolitionists were up against

2. The Quaker ethic and the antislavery international

3. The preservation of English liberty, I

Part 2. The AHR debate. 4. Capitalism and the origins of the humanitarian sensibility, part 1 / Thomas L. Haskell

5 Capitalism and the origins of the humanitarian sensibility, part 2 / Thomas L. Haskell

6. Reflections on abolitionism and ideological hegemony / David Brion Davis

7. The relationship between capitalism and humanitarianism / John Ashworth

8. Contention and hegemonic interest in the debate over antislavery : a reply to Davis and Ashworth / Thomas L. Haskell

Part 3. The debate continued. 9. Capitalism, class, and antislavery / John Ashworth

10. The perils of doing history by ahistorical abstraction : a reply to Thomas L. Haskell's AHR forum reply / David Brion Davis.