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Author: United States
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 1192
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Author: United States
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 1192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George William Van Cleve
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010-10-15
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 0226846695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865. But increasingly during the contested politics of the early republic, abolitionists cried out that the Constitution itself was a slaveowners’ document, produced to protect and further their rights. A Slaveholders’ Union furthers this unsettling claim by demonstrating once and for all that slavery was indeed an essential part of the foundation of the nascent republic. In this powerful book, George William Van Cleve demonstrates that the Constitution was pro-slavery in its politics, its economics, and its law. He convincingly shows that the Constitutional provisions protecting slavery were much more than mere “political” compromises—they were integral to the principles of the new nation. By the late 1780s, a majority of Americans wanted to create a strong federal republic that would be capable of expanding into a continental empire. In order for America to become an empire on such a scale, Van Cleve argues, the Southern states had to be willing partners in the endeavor, and the cost of their allegiance was the deliberate long-term protection of slavery by America’s leaders through the nation’s early expansion. Reconsidering the role played by the gradual abolition of slavery in the North, Van Cleve also shows that abolition there was much less progressive in its origins—and had much less influence on slavery’s expansion—than previously thought. Deftly interweaving historical and political analyses, A Slaveholders’ Union will likely become the definitive explanation of slavery’s persistence and growth—and of its influence on American constitutional development—from the Revolutionary War through the Missouri Compromise of 1821.
Author: North Carolina. Convention
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Published: 1862
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Merrill Jensen
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780299002046
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Here is a book which deals with clashes between economic and political factors in the American Revolution as realistically as if its author were dealing with a presidential election."--Social Studies "An admirable analysis. It presents, in succinct form, the results of a generation of study of this chapter of our history and summarizes fairly the conclusions of that study."--Henry Steele Commager, New York Times Book Review
Author: Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2007-10-30
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0307267741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders–Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams. He casts an incisive eye on the founders’ achievements, arguing that the American Revolution was, paradoxically, an evolution–and that part of what made it so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government was eventually embraced by the American people, and details the emergence of the two-party system, which stands as the founders’ most enduring legacy. Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. With eloquence and insight, Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness. American Creation is an audiobook that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever.
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Resources. Bureau of Resources Programming
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 206
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Published: 1941
Total Pages: 226
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 1324
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tanganyika
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 378
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