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American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795
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Author:
Edward J. Larson
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Date:
January 17, 2023
Edward J. Larson's synthesis of the founding is a history that fully includes Black Americans in the Revolutionary protests, the war, and the debates over slavery and freedom that followed.
What The Reviewers Say
A welcome addition to a public conversation.
The narrative has clear writing and solid scholarship that does not promote an agenda, leaving the reader to imagine broader implications and slavery’s legacy. Scholars can find minor points to quibble over but, overall, it comes across as an honest effort.
Larson’s stirring narrative includes the perspectives of free and escaped slaves.
Larson’s memorable turns of phrase... and keen insights into important yet lesser-known figures keep the narrative moving, even as he sticks to mostly familiar terrain. The result is an accessible and informative overview of the paradox at the heart of the American experiment..
