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An Emancipation of the Mind by Matthew Stewart – book cover

An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

By Matthew Stewart

History

How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.

Release Date
2025
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How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.