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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827728303321

Titolo

Contesting slavery [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of bondage and freedom in the new American nation / / edited by John Craig Hammond and Matthew Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011

ISBN

1-280-49043-8

9786613585660

0-8139-3117-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Altri autori (Persone)

HammondJohn Craig <1974->

MasonMatthew

Disciplina

326/.80973

Soggetti

Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century

Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 18th century

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

Sectionalism (United States) - History - 18th century

Sectionalism (United States) - History - 19th century

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

United States Politics and government 1783-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Slavery and ideology, action and inaction -- pt. 2. The state and slavery -- pt. 3. Slavery, sectionalism, and partisan politics -- Commentary.

Sommario/riassunto

Ratcliffe, University of Oxford * Padraig Riley, Dalhousie University * Edward B. Rugemer, Yale University * Brian Schoen, Ohio University * Andrew Shankman, Rutgers University, Camden * George William Van Cleve, University of Virginia * Eva Sheppard Wolf, San Francisco State University.