Slavery and the Democratic Conscience: Political Life in Jeffersonian America
Padraig RileySlavery and the Democratic Conscience explains how democratic subjects confronted and came to terms with slaveholder power in the early American Republic. Slavery was not an exception to the rise of American democracy, Padraig Riley argues, but was instead central to the formation of democratic institutions and ideals.
Slavery and the Democratic Conscience explains how democratic subjects confronted and came to terms with slaveholder power in the early American Republic. Slavery was not an exception to the rise of American democracy, Padraig Riley argues, but was instead central to the formation of democratic institutions and ideals.
Ano:
2015
Editora:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
328
ISBN 10:
0812291700
ISBN 13:
9780812291704
Arquivo:
PDF, 3.37 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015