Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776-1821

by Gary J. Kornblith

Book Overview

Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776-1821 focuses on slavery as a moral and political issue that threatened the unity and stability of the United States from the nation's inception. In tracing the story of slavery in America's history from 1776 through the Missouri Compromise, Gary J. Kornblith highlights a number of important themes: the general acceptance of slavery in colonial America, the reevaluation of human bondage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742550966
• ISBN13: 9780742550964
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"