The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
Jonathan Daniel Wells explores the relationship between Wall Street and slavery in the years before the Civil War. Focusing on resistance as well as financial and social power, this history examines a turbulent period when commerce, freedom, and national conflict were deeply intertwined.
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The Kidnapping Club examines the connections between Wall Street and slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
It focuses on the forces of resistance that challenged systems of power and human exploitation.
Set in a period of mounting national conflict, the book explores the relationships among finance, slavery, and political struggle.
Jonathan Daniel Wells presents a history of the tensions that shaped the years before the Civil War.
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