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Author Brady, Steven, 1967- author.

Title Chained to history : slavery and US foreign relations to 1865 / Steven J. Brady
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages)
Contents Introduction : speaking of slavery -- "Things odious or immoral" : Britain, Spanish Florida, and slaves unfettered -- "'Tis ill to fear" : American responses to the Haitian revolution -- "Separate from foreign alliances" : limiting connections and commitments -- "Fully meets its responsibility" : the limits of American unilateralism -- "Only cowards fear and oppose it" : Texas and Cuba -- "Its peculiar moral force" : Lincoln, emancipation, and colonization -- Epilogue : American foreign relations unchained
Summary "An analysis of the role played by slavery in the making and execution of American foreign policy from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022)
Subject Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
Slavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Slavery -- Political aspects
Slavery -- Government policy
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140063
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140416
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021011501
ISBN 9781501761591
1501761595
1501761609
9781501761607