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"Scholars and general readers alike will profit from this book. . . . Recommended."
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"[A] careful and complex depiction of the variety of ways in which slavery entered the politics of the period. . . . A major contribution to our understanding of the significant role the institution of slavery had in the politics of the early republic."
— Journal of the Early Republic
"Mason has done an excellent job of assembling and presenting a wealth of evidence in a clear, coherent fashion."
— Indiana Magazine of History
"After reading this interesting book, few historians can deny that slavery was an important, indeed integral, component of the politics of the early American republic."
— Civil War History
"Mason unapologetically restores politics to the center stage. . . . [He] has a mastery of the secondary literature. . . . This is a bird's-eye view that leaves plenty of scope for future researchers."
— Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"This well-crafted monograph . . . revises our understanding of the early national debates over slavery. . . . Scholars of slavery and early national politics will want to read Mason's work."
— Journal of Southern History
"Elegantly written . . . benefit[s] from copious research."
— New England Quarterly
"Extensive and persuasive. . . . Adds rich and valuable texture to our understanding of early national politics and the Missouri Crisis."
— William and Mary Quarterly
— CHOICE
"[A] careful and complex depiction of the variety of ways in which slavery entered the politics of the period. . . . A major contribution to our understanding of the significant role the institution of slavery had in the politics of the early republic."
— Journal of the Early Republic
"Mason has done an excellent job of assembling and presenting a wealth of evidence in a clear, coherent fashion."
— Indiana Magazine of History
"After reading this interesting book, few historians can deny that slavery was an important, indeed integral, component of the politics of the early American republic."
— Civil War History
"Mason unapologetically restores politics to the center stage. . . . [He] has a mastery of the secondary literature. . . . This is a bird's-eye view that leaves plenty of scope for future researchers."
— Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"This well-crafted monograph . . . revises our understanding of the early national debates over slavery. . . . Scholars of slavery and early national politics will want to read Mason's work."
— Journal of Southern History
"Elegantly written . . . benefit[s] from copious research."
— New England Quarterly
"Extensive and persuasive. . . . Adds rich and valuable texture to our understanding of early national politics and the Missouri Crisis."
— William and Mary Quarterly
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Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819. Mason demonstrates that slavery and politics were enmeshed in the creation of the nation, and in fact there was never a time between the Revolution and the Civil War in which slavery went uncontested.
The American Revolution set in motion the split between slave states and free states, but Mason explains that the divide took on greater importance in the early nineteenth century. He examines the partisan and geopolitical uses of slavery, the conflicts between free states and their slaveholding neighbors, and the political impact of African Americans across the country.
Offering a full picture of the politics of slavery in the crucial years of the early republic, Mason demonstrates that partisans and patriots, slave and free—and not just abolitionists and advocates of slavery—should be considered important players in the politics of slavery in the United States.
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slave representation, insurrection anxiety, chattel bondage, federal ratio, slave trade clause, domestic slave trade, slave flight, emancipation schemes, slavery attacked, new slave states, antebellum abolitionists, interstate slave trade, antislavery men, most slaveholders, many slaveholders, sectional politics, defending slavery, covenant with death, slave resistance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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slave representation, insurrection anxiety, chattel bondage, federal ratio, slave trade clause, domestic slave trade, slave flight, emancipation schemes, slavery attacked, new slave states, antebellum abolitionists, interstate slave trade, antislavery men, most slaveholders, many slaveholders, sectional politics, defending slavery, covenant with death, slave resistance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, United States, African Americans, New York, Missouri Crisis, South Carolina, Great Britain, Northern Republicans, Southern Republicans, American Revolution, Republican Party, Era of Good Feelings, Louisiana Purchase, Upper South, Deep South, North Carolina, Northern Federalists, Elijah Parish, Hezekiah Niles, Josiah Quincy, New Orleans, Missouri Compromise, National Intelligencer, George Washington, North America New!
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