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Slave nation : how slavery united the colonies & sparked the American Revolution
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Title
Slave nation : how slavery united the colonies & sparked the American Revolution / Alfred W. Blumrosen and Ruth G. Blumrosen ; introduction by Eleanor Holmes Norton.
ISBN
1402204000
9781402204005
1402206976
9781402206979
Published
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, ©2005.
Physical Description
xv, 336 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
A controversial new interpretation of the causes of the American Revolution argues that the Somerset case of 1772, which freed a slave brought to England, convinced slaveholders in the southern American colonies that England intended to end slavery, resulting in the Virginia Resolution, which led to the first Continental Congress of 1774 and played a key role in the decision to fight for independence while perpetuating racial slavery as a problem that would plague the new nation.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.
Contents
Somerset's journey sparks the American Revolution
The tinderbox
Virginia responds to the Somerset Decision
The Virginia Resolution unites the Colonies and leads to the First Continental Congress in 1774
John Adams supports the South on slavery
Colonies claim independence from Parliament
The immortal ambiguity "all men are created equal"
The Articles of Confederation reject Somerset and protect slavery
The lure of the West : slavery protected in the Territories
Deadlock over slavery in the Constitutional Convention
A slave-free Northwest Territory
Cementing the bargain : ratification by Virginia and the First Congress
How then should we view the Founding Fathers?
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History.
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