Jefferson's freeholders and the politics of ownership in the Old Dominion
Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion explores the historical processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state. It focuses on changing conceptualizations of ownership and emphasizes the persistent influence of the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Series: | Cambridge studies on the American South
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The tragedy of ownership
- Taking notice of an error
- The chosen people of God
- An invidious and anti-Republican test
- Can these be the sons of their fathers?
- Doubt seems to have arisen
- A new system of jurisprudence
- The reaction against allodial ownership