The Patriots' Dilemma: White Abolitionism and Black Banishment in the Founding of the United States of America

by Timothy Messer-Kruse

Urgent and controversial, The Patriots' Dilemma confronts longstanding interpretations of US history by challenging the heroic view that America's creation myth hinged on a fundamental conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery interests. The founders were hypocrites, where men like Thomas Jefferson wrote profoundly about liberty and equality and yet refused to grant these ideals to the hundreds of people who were his chattel.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745349676
• ISBN13: 9780745349671
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"