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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.

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“An important book—one that will take a significant place in the scholarly literature on the antislavery movement and the coming of the Civil War.”—James M. McPherson, Princeton University



-- James M. McPherson

“Slavery and the Commerce Power fills a major crack in interpretive arguments over Lincoln, the nature of the Constitution, the slave trade, and the coming of the Civil War. This book will be a standard in each of these areas, and no one interested in any of them can ignore Lightner’s interpretations.”—Kermit Hall, president, State University of New York at Albany




-- Kermit Hall

Slavery and the Commerce Power

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 31 January 2007
      ISBN-13 9780300114706
      978-0300114706
      ISBN-10 0300114702
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      Civil wars

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review

      “An important book—one that will take a significant place in the scholarly literature on the antislavery movement and the coming of the Civil War.”—James M. McPherson, Princeton University



      -- James M. McPherson

      “Slavery and the Commerce Power fills a major crack in interpretive arguments over Lincoln, the nature of the Constitution, the slave trade, and the coming of the Civil War. This book will be a standard in each of these areas, and no one interested in any of them can ignore Lightner’s interpretations.”—Kermit Hall, president, State University of New York at Albany




      -- Kermit Hall

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