Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution by Lawrence Goldstone

Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution



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Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution Lawrence Goldstone
Page: 240
ISBN: 9780802718365
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

On September 17, 1787, at the State House in Philadelphia, thirty-nine men from twelve states, after months of often bitter debate, signed America’s Constitution. Yet very few of the delegates, at the start, had had any intention of creating a nation that would last. Most were driven more by pragmatic, regional interests than by idealistic vision. Many were meeting for the first time, others after years of contention, and the inevitable clash of personalities would be as intense as the advocacy of ideas or ideals. No issue was of greater concern to the delegates than that of slavery: it resounded through debates on the definition of treason, the disposition of the rich lands west ... MORE EBOOKS:







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