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The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

In The Ledger and the Chain, Joshua D. Rothman presents a historical account centered on how Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Together, these elements make The Ledger and the Chain an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: Apr 20, 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 512
ISBN: 9781541616615

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