Slavery in the American republic
Subtitle: developing the federal government, 1791-1861
By: David F. Ericson
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700617968
Subjects: Politics and government; Federal government; Justification; Government policy; History; Slavery; Sectionalism (United States)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in a "house divided"; title: Slavery and controlling the national borders; title: The first American colony; title: The slave-catching republic; title: The slavery garrisoned state; title: Free labor not preferred; title: The "house divided" revisited.