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After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. This book demonstrates that slavery was indeed an essential part of the foundation of the nascent republic.

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"Interweaving historical and political analyses, Van Cleve demonstrates, in this account, that slavery was an essential part of the foundation of the American republic." (History Today)"

A Slaveholders Union Slavery Politics And The

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 30/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226846705, 978-0226846705
      ISBN10: 0226846709
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      Constitution: government and the state

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. This book demonstrates that slavery was indeed an essential part of the foundation of the nascent republic.

      Trade Review
      "Interweaving historical and political analyses, Van Cleve demonstrates, in this account, that slavery was an essential part of the foundation of the American republic." (History Today)"

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