Eighty Eight Years: The Long Death of Slavery in the United States, 1777-1865

by Patrick Rael

Book Overview

Why did it take so long to end slavery in the United States, and what did it mean that the nation existed eighty-eight years as a "house divided against itself," as Abraham Lincoln put it? The decline... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820333956
• ISBN13: 9780820333953
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"