The Slaveholding Republic
Subtitle: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
Contributors: Ward M. McAfee (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 31, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780195158052
First sentence: DURING THE SPRING of 1828, Congress passed the "tariff of abominations," thereby adding to the excitement and confusion of the presidential contest between the incumbent John Quincy Adams and his opponent, Andrew Jackson.