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Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
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Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
-- Mister Jefferson's lost cause
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Examines the ideas, character, and ambitions of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on how his advocacy of a republic of small farmers fell before the onslaught of large plantation holders and the expansion of the slave system into the states formed from the Louisiana Purchase.
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Title
Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase -- Mister Jefferson's lost cause
Call No
973.46 Ken
Authors
Kennedy, Roger G
Subjects
Louisiana Purchase.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Views on slavery.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Influence.
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.
Plantation owners--United States--Political activity--History.
Family farms--United States--History.
Land settlement--Political aspects--United States--History.
Louisiana Purchase.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. sears
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783, Revolution.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Slavery--United States.
Plantation owners--Political activity--History.
Family farms--United States--History.
Land settlement--United States--Political aspects--History.
Language
English
Published
Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Publication Desc
xv, 350 p. : ill., maps ;
ISBN
0195153472 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002027402
Target Audience
Adult
Dimensions
25 cm.