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The great contradiction : the tragic side of the American founding / Joseph J. Ellis.

Tragic side of the American founding (portion title)
Ellis, Joseph J., (author.).

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"A major new history from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, on how America's founders--Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams--regarded the issue of slavery as they drafted the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. In this daring and important work, our most trusted voice on the founding era reckons with the realities and regrets of our founding and the tragedy of its two great failures: the failure to end slavery and the failure to avoid Indian removal"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780593801413
  • ISBN: 0593801415
  • ISBN: 9780593687024
  • ISBN: 0593687027
  • Physical Description: x, 226 pages : maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Forward: The way we were -- Part I: Overviews. An American dilemma ; Angles of vision -- Part II: Contexts. The contradiction ; Unpainted pictures ; The ghost at the banquet ; The epilogue ; The treaty -- Part III: Southern vistas. Regrets at Mount Vernon ; Memories at Monticello -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

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Slavery > United States > History.
Indians, Treatment of > United States.
Indian Removal, 1813-1903.
United States > Race relations > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States > History > 1783-1865.
Genre:
Informational works.

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