Slavery in the Structure of American Politics, 1765–1820
Scholarly examination of contradictions between egalitarian theory and slave-holding practice and patterns of "benign neglect" as a characteristic of American national development.
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- New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Year
- 1970
- ISBN-13
- 9780151829729
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- SlaveryAmerican political developmentConstitutional history
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1972)
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