With an ... examination of the shifting perceptions of slavery from the Monrovian Era to he Age of Jackson, [this book] demonstrates how the southern response to the Missouri debates quenched the surge of nationalism and confidence following the War of 1812 and inaugurated a new politics of racism and reaction.-Dust jacket.

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