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Author Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Title Slavery and the founders : race and liberty in the age of Jefferson / Paul Finkelman.

Publication Info. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.362 F499S    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xii, 296 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265) and index.
Contents Making a covenant with death : slavery and the Constitutional Convention -- Slavery and the Northwest Ordinance : a study in ambiguity -- Evading the Ordinance : the persistence of bondage in Indiana and Illinois -- Implementing the proslavery Constitution : the adoption of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 -- The problem of slavery in the age of Federalism -- "Treason against the hopes of the world": Thomas Jefferson and slavery -- Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and antislavery : Historians and myths.
Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0765604388 alkaline paper
9780765604385 alkaline paper
0765604396 paperback alkaline paper
9780765604392 paperback alkaline paper
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