Slavery and the Commerce Power How Struggle Against Interstate Slave Trade Led to Civil War

Tells the complex story of the debate and legal battle over federal regulation of the slave trade. This book explores a range of constitutional, social, and political issues that absorbed antebellum America. It revises accepted interpretations of various historical figures, including James Madison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David L. Lightner, Lightner David L.
• Edition: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre Relié
• Date de parution: 10.11.2006
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire
• EAN: 9780300114706
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11470-6
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Catégories: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Slavery and abolition of slavery, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), 1861–1877 (American Civil War period and the era of Reconstruction)