The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780--1860
Richards, Leonard L.
ISBN 10: 0807126004 ISBN 13: 9780807126004
Published by LSU Press, 2000
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Through biographical cameos and narrative vignettes, the author explains the evolution of the slave power argument over time, tracing the often repeated scenario of northern outcry against the perceived slavery, and revealing the importance of slavery in the structure of national politics.
About the Author: Leonard L. Richards is professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received the American Historical Association's Beveridge Prize for ""Gentlemen of Property and Standing"": Anti-Abolition Mobs in Jacksonian America. He is also the author of The Advent of American Democracy and The Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Title: The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern...
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good