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Slavery and the Democratic Conscience: Political Life in Jeffersonian America - Early American Studies Padraig Riley
Slavery and the Democratic Conscience: Political Life in Jeffersonian America - Early American Studies
Padraig Riley
Slavery and the Democratic Conscience explains how democratic subjects confronted and came to terms with slaveholder power in the early American Republic. Slavery was not an exception to the rise of American democracy, Padraig Riley argues, but was instead central to the formation of democratic institutions and ideals.
328 pages, 13 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 8, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812247497 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 27 mm · 606 g |