The slaveholding republic : an account of the United States government's relations to slavery / Don E. Fehrenbacher ; completed and edited by Ward M. McAfee.

This volume analyses how the government of the United States effectively became an agent of the slaveholding interest, despite the fact that the nation had been founded upon ideals potentially hostile to the institution of slavery.

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Main Author: Fehrenbacher, Don E. (Don Edward), 1920-1997
Other Authors: McAfee, Ward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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