No Property in Man - Slavery and Antislavery At the Nation''s Founding

Informationen zum Autor Sean Wilentz is George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous books on American history and politics, including The Rise of American Democracy, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The Politicians and the Egalitarians, chosen as Best History Book of the Year by Kirkus and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Wilentz’s writings on American music have earned him two Grammy nominations and two Deems-Taylor-ASCAP awards. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Wilentz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780674972223
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97222-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures; The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, Political science & theory, Legal History, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general