{"product_id":"slavery-and-the-american-founding-hope-and-hypocrisy-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-paperback","title":"Slavery and the American Founding: Hope and Hypocrisy in the Age of Enlightenment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJude M. Pfister\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since 1776, the Founding generation has been portrayed as creators of a new world where liberty and freedom were the inherent birthright of all peoples. The Founders, although brilliant, were nonetheless human and fashioned a country conceived in liberty and freedom for themselves. The enslaved, women, and other minorities were not part of the original Founding documents. \"All men created equal\" was a political statement, not some ethereal message of Enlightenment understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book demonstrates that to understand the American Founding is to understand the totality of America. The American Founding and the so-called compromises forged by state delegates to ensure national unity, despite existing alternatives that could have rejected enslavement, defined the period from 1765 to 1800 and planted the seeds for a horrific civil war. Two of the most debated words from the Age of Enlightenment--freedom and liberty--not only made America independent but also made it dependent on an execrable system rejected by most of the European thinkers who inspired the uprising against Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJude M. Pfister\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired curator and historian who continues to research and write about topics related to the ideas behind the American Founding Era. He lives in Chestertown, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 225\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49633476346011,"sku":"9781476691022","price":100.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/VCNOz2TleG9781476691022.webp?v=1790304809","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/slavery-and-the-american-founding-hope-and-hypocrisy-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}