TY - BOOK AU - Davis,David Brion TI - Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery T2 - The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures SN - 9780674030251 AV - E441 U1 - 306.3/62/0973 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Slavery-United States-History KW - Antislavery movements-United States-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery -- 2 1819: Signs of a New Era -- 3 African-American Abolitionism and Southern Fears -- Notes -- Index N2 - Challenging the boundaries of slavery ultimately brought on the Civil War and the unexpected, immediate emancipation of slaves long before it could have been achieved in any other way. This imaginative and fascinating book puts slavery into a new light and underscores anew the desperate human tragedy lying at the very heart of the American story UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300402 ER -