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Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase /

Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers--free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system--particularly with the Louisiana Purchase--squeezing the yeomanry to the fringes and to less desirable farmland. Now Ro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kennedy, Roger G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo