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1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
Contributor(s): Horn, James (Author)

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ISBN: 0465064698     ISBN-13: 9780465064694
Publisher: Basic Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
Dewey: 975.542
LCCN: 2018001108
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" L (1.00 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2018
Library Journal 10/15/2018 pg. 70
 
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Publisher Description:
The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand in colonial Virginia.

Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history. In the newly built church at Jamestown, the General Assembly -- the first gathering of a representative governing body in America -- came together. A few weeks later, a battered privateer entered the Chesapeake Bay carrying the first African slaves to land on mainland English America.

In 1619, historian James Horn sheds new light on the year that gave birth to the great paradox of our nation: slavery in the midst of freedom. This portentous year marked both the origin of the most important political development in American history, the rise of democracy, and the emergence of what would in time become one of the nation's greatest challenges: the corrosive legacy of racial inequality that has afflicted America since its beginning.

 
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