Slavery and the Democratic Conscience. Political Life in Jeffersonian America, Hardback/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. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Author(s): Padraig Riley Illustration(s): 13 illus. Number of pages: 328 Collection: Early American Studies Publication date: 2016 Dimensions: 236 x 162 x 27 Cover type: Hardback