Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776–1821

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ISBN: 9780742550964 | 0742550966
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Copyright: 10/16/2009

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Kornblith focuses on slavery as a moral and political issue that threatened the unity and stability of the United States from the nation's inception. The author traces the story of slavery in America's history from 1776 through the 1821 Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Key themes include the general acceptance of slavery in early America, how decisions made at the founding affected the future and course of slavery in our nation, and whether the Civil War was the inevitable result of those decisions.

Preface	p. xi
Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776-1821: A Critical Narrative
The Rise of Slavery in Colonial British America	p. 3
Imperial Crisis, Independence, and the Reevaluation of Slavery	p. 11
Revolutionary Outcomes: Early Abolition and Its Limitations	p. 24
Slavery, Sectionalism, and the Federal Constitution	p. 31
A More Perfect Union? The Problems of Slavery and Sectionalism in the Redesigned Republic	p. 37
An Empire for Liberty? The Louisiana Purchase and Withdrawal from the Atlantic Slave Trade	p. 45
The War of 1812 and Era of Good Feelings	p. 49
The Missouri Crisis	p. 54
Notes	p. 61
Primary Documents
Controversy over Slavery on the Eve of Revolution	p. 75
Philadelphia Physician Benjamin Rush Attacks Slaveholding (1773)	p. 75
West Indian Planter Richard Nisbet Defends Slaveholding (1773)	p. 79
Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom (1774)	p. 82
The Spirit of 1776	p. 83
The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)	p. 83
The Declaration of Independence (1776)	p. 84
Congress Debates Whether to Count Blacks as People (1776)	p. 88
South Carolina Patriot Henry Laurens Denounces Slavery (1776)	p. 91
The Challenge to Slavery at the State Level	p. 93
The Vermont Declaration of Rights (1777)	p. 93
Pennsylvania's Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1780)	p. 94
"A Lover of true Justice" Advises Caution in New Jersey (1781)	p. 96
Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1785, 1788)	p. 99
The Spirit of 1787	p. 104
The Northwest Ordinance (1787)	p. 104
Debates over Slavery at the Constitutional Convention (1787)	p. 105
Provisions of the Federal Constitution Pertaining to Slavery (1787)	p. 112
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Federalism	p. 113
The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Petitions the Federal Congress (1790)	p. 113
South Carolina Representative William L. Smith Defends Slavery (1790)	p. 115
St. George Tucker's Plan for Gradual Emancipation in Virginia (1796)	p. 119
Federal Action against the Atlantic Slave Trade	p. 123
Senators Debate Whether to Restrict the Importation of Slaves into the Louisiana Territory (1804)	p. 123
Congress Prepares to Prohibit American Participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade (1806)	p. 127
African American Orator Peter Williams, Jr., Celebrates the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1808)	p. 130
Proposals for the Colonization of Free Blacks	p. 134
The Kentucky Abolition Society Asks Congress to Allocate Territory for Emancipated Slaves (1815)	p. 134
Founding of the American Colonization Society (1816)	p. 135
Free Blacks of Philadelphia Oppose Colonization (1817)	p. 137
The Missouri Crisis	p. 138
Debate over the Tallmadge Amendment in the House of Representatives (1819)	p. 138
Resolutions of a Public Meeting in Trenton, New Jersey (1819)	p. 144
Remarks by Representative Charles Pinckney of South Carolina on the Missouri Crisis (1820)	p. 146
Representative Charles Kinsey of New Jersey Makes the Case for Compromise (1820)	p. 149
John Quincy Adams's Reservations about the Missouri Compromise (1820)	p. 152
Thomas Jefferson's Prophetic Response to the Missouri Compromise (1820)	p. 154
Index	p. 157
About the Author	p. 165
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Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776–1821

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