The slave power: the free north and southern domination 1780 - 1860

Richards, "elucidates just how the southern Democratic slaveholders, with the help of some northerners, assumed, protected, and eventually lost a dominance that extended from the White House to the Speaker's chair to the Supreme Court. [He] reveals in a direct and complelling way the impor...

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Main Author: Richards, Leonard L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State Univ. Press 2000
Edition:1. printing
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Summary:Richards, "elucidates just how the southern Democratic slaveholders, with the help of some northerners, assumed, protected, and eventually lost a dominance that extended from the White House to the Speaker's chair to the Supreme Court. [He] reveals in a direct and complelling way the importance of slavery in the structure of national politics from the earliest moments of the federal Union through the emergence of the Republican Party."--cover.
Physical Description:X, 228 S. Kt.
ISBN:0807126004

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