作者: Matthew Mason

Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819 …

Known today as ‘the other speaker at Gettysburg, ‘ Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new bio …

In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise going so far as to label him "the acutest, the astutes …

In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise going so far as to label him "the acutest, the astutes …

Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in America until the Missouri Crisis of 1819 …

Recent scholarship on slavery and politics between 1776 and 1840 has wholly revised historians’ understanding of the problem of slavery in American politics. Contesting Slavery builds on the best of …

Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg, " Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In th …

Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg, " Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In th …