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Self-evident truths : contesting equal rights from the Revolution to the Civil War Richard D. Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2017..Description: 1 online resource (x, 387 pages ): illustrations, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300227628
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KF4764 .S454 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Contending for religious equality -- Equal justice for Irishmen and other foreigners -- People of color and the promise betrayed -- People of Color and equal rights: New England cases -- Subordinate citizens: women and children -- Equal rights and unequal people -- Equal rights, privilege, and the pursuit of inequality.
Subject: "How did Americans in the generations following the Declaration of Independence translate its lofty ideals into practice? In this broadly synthetic work, distinguished historian Richard Brown shows that despite its founding statement that "all men are created equal," the early Republic struggled with every form of social inequality. While people paid homage to the ideal of equal rights, this ideal came up against entrenched social and political practices and beliefs. Brown illustrates how the ideal was tested in struggles over race and ethnicity, religious freedom, gender and social class, voting rights and citizenship. He shows how high principles fared in criminal trials and divorce cases when minorities, women, and people from different social classes faced judgment. This book offers a much-needed exploration of the ways revolutionary political ideas penetrated popular thinking and everyday practice"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The Declaration of Independence and the mystery of equality -- Contending for religious equality -- Equal justice for Irishmen and other foreigners -- People of color and the promise betrayed -- People of Color and equal rights: New England cases -- Subordinate citizens: women and children -- Equal rights and unequal people -- Equal rights, privilege, and the pursuit of inequality.

"How did Americans in the generations following the Declaration of Independence translate its lofty ideals into practice? In this broadly synthetic work, distinguished historian Richard Brown shows that despite its founding statement that "all men are created equal," the early Republic struggled with every form of social inequality. While people paid homage to the ideal of equal rights, this ideal came up against entrenched social and political practices and beliefs. Brown illustrates how the ideal was tested in struggles over race and ethnicity, religious freedom, gender and social class, voting rights and citizenship. He shows how high principles fared in criminal trials and divorce cases when minorities, women, and people from different social classes faced judgment. This book offers a much-needed exploration of the ways revolutionary political ideas penetrated popular thinking and everyday practice"--

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