American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
By Edmund S. Morgan.
Description
"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."―New York Times Book Review In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; they were elected to the presidency of the United States under that Constitution for thirty-two of the first thirty-six years of its existence. They were all slaveholders. In the new preface Edmun...
ISBN(s)
039305554X, 9780393055542
