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Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution

By Lawrence Goldstone

Book information

Publisher
Walker & Company
Year
2006
ISBN
0802715079, 9780802715074
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7602148 bytes)
Pages
240\0
Time added
2014-03-28 20:14:27

Description

Lawrence Goldstone throws new light on the framing of the U. S. Constitution in this intriguing chronicle of the Constitutional debates, bringing to life the remarkable range of personalities and rivalries that forged the foundation of our country. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is generally viewed as dominated by the likes of Madison, Mason, Gouverneur Morris, and a few others; in fact, as Goldstone shows, relative unknowns like Rutledge, Ellsworth, and Sherman took over the debate and forged its eventual outcome. He also reveals how the debate over slavery was not split along North-South lines.

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