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American Slavery and its Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Bruce Collins
Bruce Collins
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University of Glasgow
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The Historical Journal , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , December 1979 , pp. 997 - 1015
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