Author: | Sean Wilentz | ISBN: | 9780674916050 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 6, 2018 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Sean Wilentz |
ISBN: | 9780674916050 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | September 6, 2018 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Driving straight to the heart of the most contentious issue in American history, Sean Wilentz argues controversially that, far from concealing a crime against humanity, the U.S. Constitution limited slavery’s legitimacy—a limitation which in time inspired the antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation.
Driving straight to the heart of the most contentious issue in American history, Sean Wilentz argues controversially that, far from concealing a crime against humanity, the U.S. Constitution limited slavery’s legitimacy—a limitation which in time inspired the antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation.