Slavery and politics in the early American republic /
Challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819. This book demonstrates that slavery and politics were enmeshed in the creation of the nation, and in fact there was never a time between the Revolution and the Civil War in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2006
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819. This book demonstrates that slavery and politics were enmeshed in the creation of the nation, and in fact there was never a time between the Revolution and the Civil War in which slavery went uncontested. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-330) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807876633 0807876631 1469606100 9781469606101 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 13, 2016). |
