Author:
Huston, James L., 1947-
Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
Descriptionxvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-385) and index.