Humans, Animals, and U.S. Society in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

Volume 2: Animal and Human in American Thought (Part 2)

General Introduction

Volume 2 Introduction

Part 1: The Contested Topography of the Human

1. Blackness and Humanity in a Nation of Slavery (1839-1861)

1.1 [Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Emily Grimk©, and Sarah Moore Grimk©], [The Treatment of Slaves], from American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839.

1.2 Frederick Douglass, extract from The Claims of the Negro, Ethnologically Considered: An Address Before the Literary Societies of Western Reserve College, at Commencement, July 12, 1854 (Rochester: Printed by Lee, Mann & Co., 1854), pp. 5-16, 34-6.

1.3 John H. Van Evrie, [The Physical Characteristics of the Negro], from Negroes and Negro âSlavery:â The First an Inferior Race: The Latter Its Normal Condition (New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1861), pp. 92-7, 105-22

2. Josiah Clark Nott, âGeographical Distribution of Animals and the Races of Menâ, The New-Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal 9 (May 1843): 727-746.

3. John Fiske, âThe Progress from Brute to Manâ, The North American Review 117, no. 241 (October 1873): 251â"82.

4. Hubert Howe Bancroft, âSavagism and Civilizationâ, fromThe Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. Vol. 2 (San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Co., 1875), pp. 1-6, 9-13, 18-21, 36-7.

5. Antoinette L. B. Blackwell, âSex and Evolutionâ, from The Sexes Throughout Nature (New York: G. P. Putnamâs Sons, 1875), pp. 11-14, 16-46, 48-51, 54-59, 61-4, 79-83, 87-90, 96-99, 105-08, 111-24, 131-32, 135-37.

6. Debating âWomanâs Place in Natureâ: Lester F. Ward vs. Grant Allen in The Forum (1888-1890)

6.1 Lester Frank Ward, âOur Better Halvesâ, The Forum 6 (November 1888): 266-75.

6.2 Grant Allen, âWomanâs Place in Natureâ, The Forum 7 (May 1889): 258-63.

6.3 â"â"â"â", âWomanâs Intuitionâ, The Forum 9 (May 1890): 333-40.

6.4 Lester Frank Ward, âGenius and Womanâs Intuitionâ, The Forum 9 (June 1890): 401-408.

7. William G. Schell, [Does Scripture Deny the Humanity of the Negro?], from Is the Negro a Beast?: A Reply to Chas. Carrollâs Book Entitled âThe Negro a Beast.â Proving That the Negro Is Human from Biblical, Scientific, and Historical Standpoints (Moundsville: Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co., 1901), pp. 11-14, 16-22, 26-42.

8. Nathaniel S. Shaler, [On the Tribal Spirit and the Categoric Motive], from The Neighbor: The Natural History of Human Contacts (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904), pp. 21-43, 46-47, 192-203.

9. Improving the âHuman Harvestâ: The Promises of American Eugenics (1907-1915)

9. 1 David Starr Jordan, The Human Harvest: A Study of the Decay of Races Through the Survival of the Unfit (Boston: Beacon Press, 1907), pp. 13-28-41-4.

9.2 William Isaac Thomas, âEugenics: The Science of Breeding Menâ, American Magazine 68, no. 2 (June 1909): 190â"97.

9.3 Charles Benedict Davenport, âEugenics and Euthenicsâ, from Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (New York: H. Holt, 1911), pp. 252-54, 260-63.

9. 4 Orator Fuller Cook, âEugenics and Breedingâ, Journal of Heredity 5, no. 1 (1914): 30â"33.

10. Charlotte P. Gilman, âAs to Humannessâ, from The Man-Made World: Or, Our Androcentric Culture (New York: Charlton Co., 1911), pp. 9-25

Part 2: Humane Ethics and Animal Democracy

11. Voices of Animal Advocacy in the Early Republic (1787-1792)

11.1 [Anon.], âOn Cruelty to Inferior Animalsâ, The New Haven Chronicle, June 12, 1787, 1.

11.2 [Anon.], âOn Cruelty to Animalsâ, American Museum, or, Universal Magazine 11, no. 2 (February 1792): 54â"56.

11.3 Herman Daggett, The Rights of Animals: An Oration, Delivered at the Commencement of Providence-College, September 7, 1791 (Sagg-Harbour: David Frothingham, 1792).

12. William A. Alcott, âThe Moral Argumentâ, from Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men and by Experiences in All Ages (Boston: Marsh, Capen, and Lyon, 1838), pp. 266-73.

13. John Comly, [Learning Kindness to Animals], Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of John Comly, Late of Byberry, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: T. E. Chapman, 1853), pp. 5-7, 24-6, 46-8.

14. Henry Bergh, âThe Cost of Crueltyâ, The North American Review 133, no. 296 (July 1881): 75â"81.

15. George T. Angell, âLessons on Kindness to Animalâ, from The Primary Teacher 5, no. 1-10 (September 1881-June 1882): 24-26, 64-65, 108-109, 145-146, 188-189, 226-228, 264-266, 307-308, 345-346, 382-383.

16. Henry Childs Merwin, âThe Ethics of Horse-Keepingâ, The Atlantic Monthly 67 (May 1891): 631â"39.

17. Vivisection: Perspectives on a Controversial Practice (1884-1912)

17.1 Albert Leffingwell, âVivisectionâ, Lippincottâs Magazine 34 (August 1884): 126â"132.

17.2 Henry Pickering Bowditch, âThe Advancement of Medicine by Researchâ Science 4, no. 82 (July 24, 1896): 85-8, 91-7, 99â"101.

17.3 Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn, âIs Vivisection a Peculiar Institution?â, Journal of Zo¶phily 18, no. 10 (October 1909): 108â"110.

17.4 William Williams Keen, âThe Influence of Antivivisection on Characterâ, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 166, no. 18 & 19 (May 2 & 9, 1912): 651â"58, 687â"94.

18. John Harvey Kellogg, âThe Ethics of Dietâ, from Shall We Slay to Eat? (Battle Creek: Good Health Pub. Co., 1899), pp. 124-38, 141-47, 156-62

19. John Howard Moore, âThe Ethical Kinshipâ, from The Universal Kinship (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1906), pp. 245-52, 272-82, 291- , 314-24

20. Charles Loomis Dana, âThe Zoophil-Psychosis: A Modern Malady,â Medical Record 75, no. 10 (March 6, 1909): 381â"83.

21. Francis Harold Rowley, extract from Slaughter-House Reform in the United States and the Opposing Forces (Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1913, pp. 1-18, 23-27

22. Marie L.Darrach, âDogs Have a Soul â" and Now They Have a Church.â Duluth News Tribune [Duluth, MN], May 15, 1921, 49.

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