Enslavement in Kentucky

Between the time Daniel Boone led his settlers through the Cumberland Gap and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, slavery was prominent in the Commonwealth. In several constitutional conventions, founders and lawmakers questioned the legality and appropriateness of the issue. At every possible juncture, wealthy slaveholders defended the institution, while abolitionists fought one another over the question of slavery. As a result of the fighting, the Thirteenth Amendment was not ratified until the 1970s. Author and historian Marshall Myers dives deep into the means both slaveholders and abolitionists used to secure a policy that supported their beliefs.

About the author

Marshall Myers is a retired rhetoric and literature professor at Eastern Kentucky University. He is president of the Madison County Civil War Roundtable and served on the Kentucky Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Myers is a member of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Madison County Historical Society. He has published more than 250 articles, poems, short stories and scholarly pieces.

Product details

• Authors: Marshall Myers
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781467152358
• ISBN: 978-1-4671-5235-8
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Series: American Heritage
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous