Slavery and the Democratic Conscience: Political Life in Jeffersonian America

Padraig Riley

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Slavery and the Democratic Conscience

Political Life in Jeffersonian America

Padraig Riley

In the series Early American Studies

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291704

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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.

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Padraig Riley teaches history at Dalhousie University.

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"How is it, Padraig Riley asks, that the most radical democratic elements of U.S. political life joined with slaveholders to create the first American party system? Joining a wave of recent scholarship focused on the 'forgotten' period between the Revolutionary and antebellum eras, Riley looks beyond the usual suspects to uncover an unlikely and fascinating cast of characters, shedding new light on early American politics. An important contribution to the literature on the politics of slavery in the early American republic."—François Furstenberg, Johns Hopkins University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. North of Jefferson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Emancipation of New England Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2. Philadelphia, Crossroads of Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 3. Jeffersonians Go to Washington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 4. The Idea of a Northern Party Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Chapter 5. Republican Nation: The War of 1812 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter 6. Democracy in Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Conclusion. Democracy, Race, Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: 13 illus.
Keywords: American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: November 13, 2015
ISBN: 9780812291704