The wolf by the ears
Subtitle: Thomas Jefferson and slavery
By: John Chester Miller.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with African Americans; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Slavery -- United States
Description: Examines Thomas Jefferson's attitudes toward slavery--how they affected and were affected by the political and social climate of the times and how they meshed with his general views on agrarianism, property rights, the character of American democracy, etc.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 298-307.
Includes index.