{"product_id":"slavery-equality-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","title":"Slavery, Equality, and the American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYuval Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAdam J. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Yoo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a timely and thought-provoking exploration, marking America's 250th anniversary, of how the American Revolution both perpetuated slavery and sowed the seeds of its abolition, as leading legal scholars trace the Declaration of Independence's promise of human equality through Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the 14th Amendment, illuminating the founding's contested legacy on race, natural rights, federalism, and the path to a \"new birth of freedom.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing original essays by Randy E. Barnett, Kurt T. Lash, Lucas E. Morel, Justin Driver, and Diana Schaub. \u003c\/p\u003eThe year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary\u003cbr\u003eof American independence, yet the nation's founding is controversial now in\u003cbr\u003eways it has not been in decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American Enterprise Institute offers a\u003cbr\u003emajor intellectual and educational project to reintroduce Americans to the\u003cbr\u003eunique value of their national inheritance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fifth volume of this series, legal\u003cbr\u003escholars and political scientists discuss how the American Revolution both perpetuated\u003cbr\u003eslavery and created the conditions for its abolition. While hundreds of\u003cbr\u003ethousands of African Americans remained enslaved at the end of the\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence's assertion of human\u003cbr\u003eequality galvanized slavery's opponents and laid the groundwork for\u003cbr\u003eincreasingly egalitarian definitions of American citizenship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering how the Declaration shaped\u003cbr\u003eantislavery thinkers and politicians such as Frederick Douglass and Abraham\u003cbr\u003eLincoln and informed the 14th Amendment demonstrates how the American\u003cbr\u003eRevolution enabled a \"new birth of freedom\" in the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45974679715975,"sku":"9780844751061","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/pBydWOHrCx9780844751061.webp?v=1790711516","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/slavery-equality-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}