Title: American slavery, American freedom
Subtitle: the ordeal of colonial Virginia
First published: 1975
Description: The men who came together to found the independent United States either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did. George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, owned more than 200 men, women, and children while eloquently defending the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this classic work, originally published in 1976, through a meticulous history of Virginia from its earliest settlement through the seventeenth century boom in tobacco, the gradual replacement of servitude with slavery, and the rise of republican ideology, historian Morgan reveals the deep and interlocking relationship between these seemingly contradictory ideas.--From publisher description.
Subjects: History, Slavery, Social conditions, Esclavage, Histoire, Slavery and bondage, Virginia, Sklaverei, Minorities, Slavery, united states, history, Slavery, united states, Virginia, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Slavery--history, Slavery--virginia--history--17th century, E445.v8 m67 2003, 975.5/02
Places: Virginia, Virginie
Time periods: 17th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)