Senior Honors Theses
History Department Honors Program
Document Type
Thesis or dissertation
Date of this Version
4-1-2022
Abstract
This thesis provides an intellectual history of Orthodox reactions to slavery in the antebellum United States. It situates the Orthodox discourse within a dynamic mid-nineteenth century, including Judaism’s schism in Europe, Jewish migration to the United States, and the Protestant American religious debates about slavery. This paper highlights a key but under-examined moment in the development of American and post-Enlightenment Jewish thought.
Keywords
Orthodox, slavery, religion, human dignity, politics, Judaism
Included in
History of Religion Commons, Intellectual History Commons, Jewish Studies Commons, United States History Commons
Date Posted: 07 April 2022