Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring,
than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most
important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the
legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military
leaders, and even the presidents who lived and worked there. While
slaves quietly kept the nation's capital running smoothly,
lawmakers debated the place of slavery in the nation, the status of
slavery in the territories newly acquired from Mexico, and even the
legality of the slave trade in itself. "In the Shadow of Freedom,"
with essays by some of the most distinguished historians in the
nation, explores the twin issues of how slavery made life possible
in the District and how lawmakers in the District regulated slavery
in the nation.
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