The Resource Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase, Roger G. Kennedy
Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase, Roger G. Kennedy
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- Summary
- Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers--free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system--particularly with the Louisiana Purchase--squeezing the yeomanry to the fringes and to less desirable farmland. Now Roger Kennedy conducts an eye-opening examination of that gap between Jefferson's stated aspirations and what actually happened. Kennedy reveals how the Louisiana Purchase had a major impact on land use and the growth of slavery. He examines the great financial interests that beat down slavery's many opponents in the South itself (Native Americans, African Americans, Appalachian farmers, and conscientious opponents of slavery). He describes how slaveholders' cash crops (first tobacco, then cotton) sickened the soil and how the planters moved from one desolated tract to the next. Soon the dominant culture of the entire region--from Maryland to Florida, from Carolina to Texas--was that of owners and slaves producing staple crops for international markets. The earth itself was impoverished, in many places beyond redemption. None of this, Kennedy argues, was inevitable. He focuses on the character, ideas, and ambitions of Thomas Jefferson to show how he and other Southerners struggled with the moral dilemmas presented by the presence of Indian farmers on land they coveted, by the enslavement of their workforce, by the betrayal of their stated hopes, and by the manifest damage being done to the earth itself
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xv, 350 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195176070
- Label
- Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
- Title
- Mr. Jefferson's lost cause
- Title remainder
- land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
- Statement of responsibility
- Roger G. Kennedy
- Subject
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- Family farms -- United States -- History.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Land settlement -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Louisiana Purchase
- Plantation owners -- United States -- Political activity | History
- Family farms -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- United States -- Territorial expansion.
- Slavery
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers--free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system--particularly with the Louisiana Purchase--squeezing the yeomanry to the fringes and to less desirable farmland. Now Roger Kennedy conducts an eye-opening examination of that gap between Jefferson's stated aspirations and what actually happened. Kennedy reveals how the Louisiana Purchase had a major impact on land use and the growth of slavery. He examines the great financial interests that beat down slavery's many opponents in the South itself (Native Americans, African Americans, Appalachian farmers, and conscientious opponents of slavery). He describes how slaveholders' cash crops (first tobacco, then cotton) sickened the soil and how the planters moved from one desolated tract to the next. Soon the dominant culture of the entire region--from Maryland to Florida, from Carolina to Texas--was that of owners and slaves producing staple crops for international markets. The earth itself was impoverished, in many places beyond redemption. None of this, Kennedy argues, was inevitable. He focuses on the character, ideas, and ambitions of Thomas Jefferson to show how he and other Southerners struggled with the moral dilemmas presented by the presence of Indian farmers on land they coveted, by the enslavement of their workforce, by the betrayal of their stated hopes, and by the manifest damage being done to the earth itself
- Cataloging source
- LNW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kennedy, Roger G
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1460
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Louisiana Purchase
- Slavery
- Plantation owners
- Family farms
- Land settlement
- Slavery
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase, Roger G. Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-335) and index
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xv, 350 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195176070
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- ocm56554880
- Label
- Mr. Jefferson's lost cause : land, farmers, slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase, Roger G. Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-335) and index
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xv, 350 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195176070
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- ocm56554880
Subject
- Family farms -- United States -- History.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Land settlement -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Louisiana Purchase
- Plantation owners -- United States -- Political activity | History
- Family farms -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- United States -- Territorial expansion.
- Slavery
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