A House Divided: Slavery and American Politics from the Constitution to the Civil War

by Ben McNitt

Book Overview

Slavery is one of the central, most enduringly significant facts of U.S. history. It loomed like a dark cloud over the country's birth at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and shaped the most important nodes of American history before the Civil War. Even today, the country continues to debate its past as it relates to slavery, and the political and geographic contours of human bondage endure into the twenty-first century.

In a deeply researched,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811739775
• ISBN13: 9780811739771
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"