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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Creator | Keil, Hartmut |
| Title, Manuscript | Race and ethnicity: Slavery and the German radical tradition |
| Date | 1999 |
| Extent of Work | 23 pp. |
| Abstract | As part of a larger project the author is investigating the kinds of relationship that developed between African Americans and German immigrants in the 19th century. In his talk the author isolates the specific issues of mutual intellectual traditions and a common philosophical heritage between Germany and the U.S. that may account for sympathy for abolitionism and antislavery sentiment among parts of the German immigrant population. European and American Enlightenment thought evolved not in isolation, but through an intense exchange of ideas that crossed the Atlantic in both directions. The author pays close attention to Alexander von Humboldt as an embodiment of the enlightened scholar and humanist in Germany who had a significant impact on German immigrants; and to Ottilie Assing as a journalist intellectual closely involved in the abolitionist cause who influenced through her reports important intellectual circles in Germany. |
| Notes | Talk given by Hartmut Keil in Madison, Wisconsin on February 3, 1999 and sponsored by the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies and the Center for the History of Print Culture. |
| Call Number | MKI P99-5 |
| MKI Terms | Slavery/ Immigrants, German/ Ethnic groups -- Other groups |