Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic

Mason, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0807830496 / ISBN 13: 9780807830499

Edité par The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

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339 pages. Very clean hardback with a dust jacket. Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic
• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0807830496
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780807830499
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819. Mason 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. The American Revolution set in motion the split between slave states and free states, but Mason explains that the divide took on greater importance in the early nineteenth century. He examines the partisan and geopolitical uses of slavery, the conflicts between free states and their slaveholding neighbors, and the political impact of African Americans across the country. Offering a full picture of the politics of slavery in the crucial years of the early republic, Mason demonstrates that partisans and patriots, slave and free - and not just abolitionists and advocates of slavery - should be considered important players in the politics of slavery in the United States.

À propos de l?auteur

Matthew Mason is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University. He is coeditor of The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson, by Edward Kimber.