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"Negro president" : Jefferson and the slave power
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- Creator
- Garry Wills
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 274 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780618343980, 0618343989
- OCLC
- ocm52902750
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-258) and index.
- Pickering vs. Jefferson: the Northwest -- Pickering vs. Jefferson: Toussaint -- 1800: why were slaves counted? -- 1800: the Negro-Burr election -- 1801: Jefferson or Burr? -- 1801 aftermath: turning out the federalists -- 1803: the twelfth amendment -- 1803: Louisiana -- 1804: Pickering and Burr -- 1804-1805: impeachments -- 1808: embargo -- 1808: Pickering and Governor Sullivan -- 1808: Pickering and J.Q. Adams -- 1809-1915: Pickering and Madison -- J.Q. Adams: the federal (slave) district -- J.Q. Adams: petition battles
Subjects
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with African Americans.
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 -- Political and social views.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
- Slavery.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.