Slavery and the Founders - Dilemmas of Jefferson and His Contemporaries (Paperback)

This text studies the attitudes of the founding "fathers" toward slavery. Specifically, it examines the views of Thomas Jefferson reflected in his life and writings and those of other founders as expressed in the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitutional Convention and the Constitution itself, and the fugitive slave legislation of the 1790s. The author contends: slavery fatally permeated the founding of the American republic; the original constitution was, as the abilitionists later maintained, "a covnenant with death"; and Jefferson's anti-slavery reputation is undeserved and most historians and biographers have prettified Jefferson's record on slavery.

General

Imprint:	M.E.Sharpe
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1995
First published:	1996
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-56324-591-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
LSN:	1-56324-591-4
Barcode:	9781563245916

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