The slaveholding republic an account of the United States government's relations to slavery

This volume analyses how the government of the United States effectively became an agent of the slaveholding interest, despite the fact that the nation had been founded upon ideals potentially hostile to the institution of slavery

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fehrenbacher, Don E.
Other Authors: McAfee, Ward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2001, 2001
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This volume analyses how the government of the United States effectively became an agent of the slaveholding interest, despite the fact that the nation had been founded upon ideals potentially hostile to the institution of slavery
Physical Description:xiii, 466 p.
ISBN:9780199849475