Defeating Slavery: Hamilton's American System Showed the Way

by Nancy B Spannaus

Slavery is not in America's DNA. In the words of historian Gordon Wood, the American "Revolution created the first antislavery movement in the history of the world." So why did it take a Civil War to finally end chattel slavery, a war whose consequences still shape American politics today?
Nancy Spannaus argues that the crucial factor was the abandonment of the economic principles of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton envisioned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CNP5RY3N
• ISBN13: 9798867918668
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"