Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America
Robert E. May examines slavery, race, and conquest in the tropics through the historical lens of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Focusing on debates about Latin America’s future, this work offers a study of political thought, racial ideology, and the region’s place in nineteenth-century American history.
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Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics explores the intersections of slavery, race, and territorial conquest.
The book places Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas at the center of its historical framework.
It considers how debates involving the tropics and Latin America shaped ideas about the region’s future.
Robert E. May presents a focused study of a consequential relationship between American political thought and Latin American history.
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