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A house divided : slavery and American politics from the Constitution to the Civil War, Ben McNitt

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Summary
Slavery is one of the central, most enduringly significant facts of U.S. history. It loomed like a dark cloud over the country's birth at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and shaped the most important nodes of American history before the Civil War. Even today, the country continues to debate its past as it relates to slavery, and the political and geographic contours of human bondage endure into the twenty-first century. In a deeply researched, wide-ranging book, retired journalist Ben McNitt tells the story of how slavery shaped American politics-and indeed the American story-from the Founding until the Civil War. McNitt's sharp narrative covers people and events that still resonate: Thomas Jefferson, John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, the slave revolts of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner, the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Brown and Harpers Ferry, fire-eating secessionists, and the rise of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. No other single work covers this topic as comprehensively and accessibly
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 487 pages, 4 pages of plates
Contents
  • The Missouri Crisis
  • ch. 5
  • Slavery -- The Thing Itself
  • ch. 6
  • Slave Revolt and State Nullification
  • ch. 7
  • Abolitionists and Proslavery
  • ch. 8
  • Texas
  • ch. 9
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • The Last Great Compromise and Bleeding Kansas
  • ch. 10
  • Lincoln and Secession
  • ch. 1
  • Slavery and the Constitution
  • ch. 2
  • The Federalist Era
  • ch. 3
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Liberty
  • ch. 4
Isbn
9780811739771
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A house divided : slavery and American politics from the Constitution to the Civil War
Title
A house divided
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slavery and American politics from the Constitution to the Civil War
Statement of responsibility
Ben McNitt
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
Slavery is one of the central, most enduringly significant facts of U.S. history. It loomed like a dark cloud over the country's birth at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and shaped the most important nodes of American history before the Civil War. Even today, the country continues to debate its past as it relates to slavery, and the political and geographic contours of human bondage endure into the twenty-first century. In a deeply researched, wide-ranging book, retired journalist Ben McNitt tells the story of how slavery shaped American politics-and indeed the American story-from the Founding until the Civil War. McNitt's sharp narrative covers people and events that still resonate: Thomas Jefferson, John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, the slave revolts of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner, the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Brown and Harpers Ferry, fire-eating secessionists, and the rise of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. No other single work covers this topic as comprehensively and accessibly
Cataloging source
YDX
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McNitt, Ben
Dewey number
306.3/620973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E441
LC item number
.M365 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Political science
  • Political science
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
A house divided : slavery and American politics from the Constitution to the Civil War, Ben McNitt
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-465)and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Missouri Crisis
  • ch. 5
  • Slavery -- The Thing Itself
  • ch. 6
  • Slave Revolt and State Nullification
  • ch. 7
  • Abolitionists and Proslavery
  • ch. 8
  • Texas
  • ch. 9
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • The Last Great Compromise and Bleeding Kansas
  • ch. 10
  • Lincoln and Secession
  • ch. 1
  • Slavery and the Constitution
  • ch. 2
  • The Federalist Era
  • ch. 3
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Liberty
  • ch. 4
Control code
on1145929935
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 487 pages, 4 pages of plates
Isbn
9780811739771
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
Label
A house divided : slavery and American politics from the Constitution to the Civil War, Ben McNitt
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-465)and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Missouri Crisis
  • ch. 5
  • Slavery -- The Thing Itself
  • ch. 6
  • Slave Revolt and State Nullification
  • ch. 7
  • Abolitionists and Proslavery
  • ch. 8
  • Texas
  • ch. 9
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • The Last Great Compromise and Bleeding Kansas
  • ch. 10
  • Lincoln and Secession
  • ch. 1
  • Slavery and the Constitution
  • ch. 2
  • The Federalist Era
  • ch. 3
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Liberty
  • ch. 4
Control code
on1145929935
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 487 pages, 4 pages of plates
Isbn
9780811739771
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)

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