{"product_id":"chained-to-history-9781501761058","title":"Chained to History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Phillis Wheatley Book Award, Historical-Academic Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Steven J. Brady centers slavery in America''s preCivil War foreign relations.\u003c\/b\u003e From the aftermath of the American Revolution, Brady examines how slavery influenced military, economic, and moral diplomatic challenges. He demonstrates how slavery intertwined with America''s foreign policy, affecting trade, extradition treaties, and military alliances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrady highlights the constraints on American policymakers, who, despite an international shift toward abolition, were limited by the proslavery interests of the Democratic Party. As global powers abolished slavery, the American stance became increasingly untenable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Age of Revolutions through the Civil War, slavery consistently shaped US relations with the Atlantic World and beyond.\u003ci\u003e Chained to History\u003c\/i\u003e explores this crucial issue comprehensively, revealing how the practice of hum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with objectivity and precision, \u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution by depicting how the distinct worldview of enslavers twisted US foreign policy in troubling ways.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Foreign Service Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis international history illustrates the multidirectional thrusts of slavery in US diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChained to Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e traces the influence of slavery on American foreign policy through a series of critical events in US history. With clear use of evidence and strong organization, Stephen J. Brady compellingly demonstrates that slavery and international relations were inextricably connected throughout the first century of US history.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of Southern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Brady makes a signal contribution to nineteenth-century history: producing a comprehensive, well-written, and authoritative one-volume account of the impact of Black slavery on early US statecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e * Civil War Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Speaking of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Things Odious or Immoral\": Britain, Spanish Florida, and Slaves Unfettered\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"'Tis Ill to Fear\": American Responses to the Haitian Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Separate from Foreign Alliances\": Limiting Connections and Commitments\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Fully Meets Its Responsibility\": The Limits of American Unilateralism\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Only Cowards Fear and Oppose It\": Texas and Cuba\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Its Peculiar Moral Force\": Lincoln, Emancipation, and Colonization\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: American Foreign Relations Unchained\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409355841879,"sku":"9781501761058","price":88.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501761058.jpg?v=1730506533","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chained-to-history-9781501761058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}