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Slave Nation: An Unflinching Look at the Racism that Inspired the American Revolution

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Slave Nation: An Unflinching Look at the Racism that Inspired the American Revolution
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"A radical, well-informed, and highly original reinterpretation of the place of slavery in the American War of Independence."-David Brion Davis, Yale University

In 1772, the High Court in London brought about the conditions that would end slavery in England by freeing a black slave from Virginia named Somerset. This decision began a key facet of independence.

Slave Nation is a fascinating account of the role slavery played in the drawing of the United States Constitution and in shaping the United States. At the Constitutional Convention, the South feared that the Northern states would leave the Convention over the issue of slavery. In a compromise, the Southern states agreed to slavery's prohibition north of the Ohio River, resulting in the Northwest Ordinance. This early national division would continue to escalate, eventually only reaching resolution through the Civil War.
Country USA
Brand Sourcebooks, Inc.
Manufacturer Sourcebooks
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2006-11-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 760789213229
EANs 9781402206979

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