Screen LibraryBind us apart : how enlightened Americans invented racial segregation /
"Why did the Founding Fathers fail to include blacks and Native Americans in their cherished proposition that "all men are created equal"? The usual answer is racism. Historian Nicholas Guyatt argues in Bind Us Apart that, from the Revolution through the Civil War, most white liberals...
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Why did the Founding Fathers fail to include blacks and Native Americans in their cherished proposition that "all men are created equal"? The usual answer is racism. Historian Nicholas Guyatt argues in Bind Us Apart that, from the Revolution through the Civil War, most white liberals believed in the unity of all human beings. Many tried to build a multiracial America in the early nineteenth century, but ultimately adopted the belief that non-whites should create their own republics elsewhere: in an Indian state in the West, or a colony for free blacks in Liberia. Herein lie the origins of " |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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9780465018413 (hardback) : 0465018416 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | E184 |
| CLC: | D771.262-09 |
| Call Number: | D771.262-09/G987 |
| Contents: | Introduction: The prehistory of "separate but equal" -- Degradation : Becoming good citizens ; A few bad men ; Correcting ill habits ; One nation only -- Amalgamation : To the middle ground ; We shall all be Americans ; The practical amalgamator -- Colonization : Of color and country ; The choice ; Opening the road ; In these deserts -- Epilogue: An enterprise for the young. |