Self-evident truths : contesting equal rights from the Revolution to the Civil War /

"How did Americans in the generations following the Declaration of Independence translate its lofty ideals into practice? In this broadly synthetic work, distinguished historian Richard Brown shows that despite its founding statement that "all men are created equal," the early Republi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Richard D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
1700-1899
Equality before the law > United States > History > 18th century.
Equality before the law > United States > History > 19th century.
Equality > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Equality.
Equality before the law.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Declaration of Independence and the mystery of equality
  • Contending for religious equality
  • Equal justice for Irishmen and other foreigners
  • People of color and the promise betrayed
  • People of Color and equal rights: New England cases
  • Subordinate citizens: women and children
  • Equal rights and unequal people
  • Equal rights, privilege, and the pursuit of inequality.

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