Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic

by Matthew Mason

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807830496
• ISBN13: 9780807830499
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"