Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 28.11.2000 г. - 240 страници This controversial, convincing, and highly original book is important reading for everyone concerned about the origins, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government. |
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... emancipation in Virginia . In Congress in 1784 he proposed a law , which came within one vote of adoption , that would have banned slavery from the entire Western territo- ry of the United States . In 1787 he published his widely read ...
... emancipation in Virginia . In Congress in 1784 he proposed a law , which came within one vote of adoption , that would have banned slavery from the entire Western territo- ry of the United States . In 1787 he published his widely read ...
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... emancipation of our slaves , in proportion as the oppression exercised over them exceeds the oppression formerly exercised by Great Britain over these states . ' " 16 The slaves themselves appealed to the natural rights argument . In ...
... emancipation of our slaves , in proportion as the oppression exercised over them exceeds the oppression formerly exercised by Great Britain over these states . ' " 16 The slaves themselves appealed to the natural rights argument . In ...
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... emancipation in 1780. Rhode Island and Connecticut followed in 1783 and 1784. After long struggles , New York and ... emancipate slaves . In 1776 the number of free blacks in America was very small . The first census , taken in 1790 ...
... emancipation in 1780. Rhode Island and Connecticut followed in 1783 and 1784. After long struggles , New York and ... emancipate slaves . In 1776 the number of free blacks in America was very small . The first census , taken in 1790 ...
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... emancipation plan of this kind for South Carolina when he served on General Washington's staff during the war . He ... emancipate slaves . " This was generally regarded not as an endorsement of slavery expansion but an acceptance of it ...
... emancipation plan of this kind for South Carolina when he served on General Washington's staff during the war . He ... emancipate slaves . " This was generally regarded not as an endorsement of slavery expansion but an acceptance of it ...
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... emancipation laws . Many thousands of free blacks enjoyed their right to liberty under the Constitution before the Civil War . The rest won their lib- erty through a war fought under its authority.4 Prudence , Expediency , and Morality ...
... emancipation laws . Many thousands of free blacks enjoyed their right to liberty under the Constitution before the Civil War . The rest won their lib- erty through a war fought under its authority.4 Prudence , Expediency , and Morality ...
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Women and the Right to Vote | 71 |
Women and the Family | 85 |
Was the Founding Undemocratic? The Property Requirement for Voting | 111 |
Poverty and Welfare | 131 |
Immigration and the Moral Conditions of Citizenship | 147 |
Afterword | 175 |
Notes | 181 |
Index | 211 |
About the Author | 219 |
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