Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic

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.Mason, Matthew is the author of 'Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic', published 2006 under ISBN 9780807830499 and ISBN 0807830496.