American slavery, American freedom: the ordeal of colonial Virginia

The men who came together to found the independent United States either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did. George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, owned more than 200...

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1. Verfasser: Morgan, Edmund S. 1916-2013 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York History Book Club 2005
Ausgabe:Francis Parkman Prize edition
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Zusammenfassung:The men who came together to found the independent United States either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did. George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, owned more than 200 men, women, and children while eloquently defending the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this classic work, originally published in 1976, through a meticulous history of Virginia from its earliest settlement through the seventeenth century boom in tobacco, the gradual replacement of servitude with slavery, and the rise of republican ideology, historian Morgan reveals the deep and interlocking relationship between these seemingly contradictory ideas--From publisher description
Beschreibung:Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1975
Beschreibung:xv, 454 Seiten 1 Karte 24 cm
ISBN:0965727009
9780965727006

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