No Property in Man
No Property in Man
Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding, With a New Preface
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.
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2 primary books3 released booksThe Nathan I. Huggins Lectures is a 7-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Ira Berlin, Sean Wilentz, and 4 others.
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