{"product_id":"slave-nation-alfred-blumrosen-9781402206979","title":"Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book all Americans should read, Slave Nation reveals the key role racism played in the American Revolutionary War, so we can see our past more clearly and build a better future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1772, the High Court in London freed a slave from Virginia named Somerset, setting a precedent that would end slavery in England. In America, racist fury over this momentous decision united the Northern and Southern colonies and convinced them to fight for independence. Meticulously researched and accessible, Slave Nation provides a little-known view of the birth of our nation and its earliest steps toward self-governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlave Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating account of the role slavery played in the American Revolution and in the framing of the Constitution, offering a fresh examination of the \"fight for freedom\" that embedded racism into our national identity, led to the Civil War, and reverberates through Black Lives Matter protests today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A radical, well-informed, and highly original reinterpretation of the place of slavery in the American War of Independence.\"--David Brion Davis, Yale University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Blumrosen, Ruth Blumrosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1402206976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781402206979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.86w x 0.96d","brand":"Alfred Blumrosen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991955996927,"sku":"9781402206979","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bd46da9-58ed-437e-896a-963b00c4da35.jpg?v=1683313212","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slave-nation-alfred-blumrosen-9781402206979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}