Slavery, freedom, and expansion in the early American West John Craig Hammond

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammond, John Craig, 1974-

Series:

Jeffersonian America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Political aspects--Southwest, Old--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Political aspects--Middle West--History.

Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, Old.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Frontier and pioneer life--Middle West.

Southwest, Old--Politics and government.

Southwest, Old.

Middle West--Politics and government.

Middle West.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.

United States--Politics and government--1789-1809.

United States--Politics and government--1809-1817.

Physical Description:

xi, 245 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction: Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Overextended Republic, 1787-1820

Ordinances, Limits, and Precedents, 1784-1796

"That Species of Property Already Exists": Natchez, Mississippi, 1795-1800

"Grant Us to Make Slaves of Others": The Louisiana Purchase, 1802-1805

Slaveholders' Democracy, the Union, and the Nation: Missouri, 1805-1820

"Hot Times about Slavery and Republicanism": Ohio, 1799-1802

Slaveholding Nationalism and Popular Antislavery Politics: Indiana and Illinois, 1801-1818

Making the "Free Northwest": Slavery and Freedom in Ohio and Indiana, 1790-1818

"The States or Territories which May Hereafter Be Admitted into the Union": The Missouri Crisis and the West

Epilogue: Empire for Slavery, Empire for Freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813926698 (alk. paper)

0813926696 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

122309194