Description
This well-informed and carefully crafted book outlines important and heretofore rarely examined changes in whites' views of blacks and liberty in the new nation. Combining a study of manumission documents with an investigation of the shifting public discussions over slavery, Race and Liberty in the New Nation demonstrates that the high point of antislavery sentiment in Virginia occurred during the 1830s and not the Revolutionary period. At the same time, it shows how white Virginians' attitudes toward blacks hardened during the half-century that followed the declaration that ""all men are created equal.
About the Author
Eva Sheppard Wolf is an associate professor of history at San Francisco State University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780807134177
Author Eva Sheppard Wolf
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Louisiana State University Press
Publisher Louisiana State University Press