The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise; affordable works on pivotal topics in American history; society; and politics.The Origins of American Slavery is a short analysis that shows the complex rationale behind the English establishment of American slavery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new assessment of a pivotal time in the formation of what was to become the United States offers thought-provoking insights into the English influence on the development of the "peculiar institution."
#2169751 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2009-07-15 2009-07-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x 1.00 x 6.10l; 1.30 #File Name: 0807859508400 pages
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful. I am concerned about the accuracy of this text. ...By CustomerI am concerned about the accuracy of this text. Although I'm only one chapter in; I've encountered information I know well from original source material presented with erroneous conclusions (specifically; the jury finding in the Paul Jones v George W. Jones case tried in Lancaster; Wisconsin in 1838). Not only is the year incorrectly presented as 1842; this book claims that Paul won the case; when in fact he lost under very dramatic circumstances. In checking the footnote (#46); I find the author references page 214 of a 28 page text and page 66 of a text where Paul's name appears only twice (once in the index referencing its inclusion in a list). The trial finding this footnote asserts to support is nowhere addressed in the referenced text. I will finish reading this book but am already alerted to the possibility of specious research. Very disappointing; considering the praise given this work by academics and the credentials of the author.
