American Inheritance by Edward J Larson
From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nations founding
"Timely and compellingAmerican Inheritance relates the vital story of liberty and slavery in Revolutionary America with balance and nuance." -- Susan Dunn, author of Jefferson’s Second Revolution
"Larson deftly explores the dramatic lives and revealing words of free and enslaved Americans who sought either to preserve or erase the pervasive tension between liberty and bondage in the Revolutionary era." -- Alan Taylor, author of American Republics
"Larson has brought a true historian’s sensibility to the fierce new debate over slavery at the founding. American Inheritance unearths a legacy of unexpected ironies, terrible tragedies, and fateful opportunities—a legacy with which Americans still struggle today" -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln’s Code
"Larson makes clear how inseparable were the concepts of freedom and bondage in these early years, and thereby makes understandable why the contradictions they created have vexed us so long." -- H. W. Brands, author of Our First Civil War
"Larson deftly explores the dramatic lives and revealing words of free and enslaved Americans who sought either to preserve or erase the pervasive tension between liberty and bondage in the Revolutionary era." -- Alan Taylor, author of American Republics
"Larson has brought a true historian’s sensibility to the fierce new debate over slavery at the founding. American Inheritance unearths a legacy of unexpected ironies, terrible tragedies, and fateful opportunities—a legacy with which Americans still struggle today" -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln’s Code
"Larson makes clear how inseparable were the concepts of freedom and bondage in these early years, and thereby makes understandable why the contradictions they created have vexed us so long." -- H. W. Brands, author of Our First Civil War
Edward J. Larson is the author of many acclaimed works of history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the Scopes trial, Summer for the Gods, and the recent study of liberty and slavery at the founding, American Inheritance. A chaired professor of history and law at Pepperdine University, Larson lives with his family near Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781324075219 |
| ISBN 10 | 132407521X |
| Title | American Inheritance |
| Author | Edward J Larson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2024-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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