Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution

“A radical, well-informed, and extremely authentic reinterpretation of the place of slavery within the American Battle of Independence.”―David Brion Davis, Yale College

In 1772, the Excessive Court docket in London introduced in regards to the circumstances that might finish slavery in England by releasing a black slave from Virginia named Somerset. This choice started a key aspect of independence.

Slave Nation is an enchanting account of the function slavery performed within the drawing of the US Structure and in shaping the US. On the Constitutional Conference, the South feared that the Northern states would depart the Conference over the problem of slavery. In a compromise, the Southern states agreed to slavery’s prohibition north of the Ohio River, ensuing within the Northwest Ordinance. This early nationwide division would proceed to escalate, finally solely reaching decision by way of the Civil Battle.