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Author Davis, David Brion.

Title The problem of slavery in the age of revolution, 1770-1823 / David Brion Davis.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (576 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Originally published in 1975 by Cornell University Press.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Part of a trilogy "The Problem of Slavery in World History", this is the second book in the series. It features a preface exploring the anti-slavery debate among American historians, between the 1970s and 1990s, started by the original publication of this book in the 1970s.
Contents Preface to the New Edition; Preface; Notes on Terms; A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823; One: What the Abolitionists Were Up Against; Two: The Seats of Power, I; Three: The Seats of Power, II; Four: The Boundaries of Idealism; Five: The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery International; Six: The Emancipation of America, I; Seven: The Emancipation of America, II; Eight: The Preservation of English Liberty, I; Nine: The Preservation of English Liberty, II; Ten: Antislavery and the Conflict of Laws; Eleven: The Good Book.
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Subject Slavery.
Slavery.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, David Brion. Problem of slavery in the age of revolution, 1770-1823. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195126718 (DLC) 98019513 (OCoLC)39269476
ISBN 1602563403
9781602563407
9780198029496 (electronic book)
0198029497 (electronic book)
9780195126716 (Paper)
0195126718 (Paper)
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9781280471889
0195126718 (Paper)