Slave Country
American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South
Published on 1. July 2009
312 pages
978-0-674-04291-9 (ISBN)
Description
Rothman explores how slavery flourished in a new nation dedicated to the principle of equality among free men, and reveals the enormous consequences of U.S. expansion into the region that became the Deep South.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04291-9 (9780674042919)
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Book
04/2007
Harvard University Press
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Person
Adam Rothman is Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University.
Content
Contents Preface 1. Jefferson's Horizon 2. Civilizing the Cotton Frontier 3. Commerce and Slavery in Lower Louisiana 4. The Wartime Challenge 5. Fulfilling the Slave Country Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index
