The Great Contradiction

Joseph J. Ellis

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Author
Joseph J. Ellis
Publish Date
2025-10-28
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
Alfred A. Knopf
Subtitle
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
Number of Pages
226
ISBN-10
0593801415
ISBN-13
9780593801413
Subject
United States History
Edition
1
SKU
9780593801413

Description

"A major new history from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, on how America's founders--Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams--regarded the issue of slavery as they drafted the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. In this daring and important work, our most trusted voice on the founding era reckons with the realities and regrets of our founding and the tragedy of its two great failures: the failure to end slavery and the failure to avoid Indian removal"-- Provided by publisher.