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American inheritance : liberty and slavery in the birth of a nation, 1765-1795 / 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 nation's founding.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393882209
- ISBN: 0393882209
- Physical Description: x, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-345) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Crèvecoeur's question: "What is an American?" -- "A rabble of negros &c.": The first shots for Liberty, 1770 -- Imperial protests and the metaphor of slavery: 1765-1769 -- A practice "so odious": The legality of slavery, 1770-1774 -- The declaration of liberty: 1774-1776 -- "Liberty is Sweet": an illusive promise, 1776-1778 -- "Contending for the sweets of freedom": 1778-1781 -- A house dividing: liberty and slavery under the Confederation, 1781-1787 -- The compromised convention: 1787 -- "We, the states": ratifying liberty and slavery, 1787-1788 -- "I am free": liberty and slavery under the federal government, 1789-1795 -- Banneker's answer: I am an American. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cambria County Library | 973.3 L334a (Text) | 85131001859785 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 973.3 LAR Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001433133 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Gettysburg Library | 973.3 LARSON (Text)
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Marian S. Scharf Named Endowment, 2023
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35740635915929 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 973.3 LAR Life Times (Text)
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Plated 2023: Donated from The Estate of George F. Kauffman York, Pennsylvania
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33454005921499 | 2nd Floor | Checked Out | 05/06/2024 |
| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults 973.3 LAR Nonfiction (Text)
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Plated 2023: Donated from the Estate of George F. Kauffman, York PA
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34262000900288 | Main Room | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 973.3 LARS (Text) | 34455006974295 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | 973.3 (Text) | 33062009678666 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Clymer Library | 973.3 LAR (Text) | 32596000569557 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dingman Township Library | 973.3 LAR (Text) | 30352101379047 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
