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Virginia’s “Federal” or “Ratifying” Convention

Three important books survey the U.S. Constitution’s ratification process for Virginia historians. “The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution” is a 204 page book which conveys the immediate contingency of a patriot-founder generation aroused and consumed by the question of nationhood and governance for their posterity. The issues resonate to this day. “Ratification:...

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Renting Enslaved Laborers in Virginia, At Sea, and Across the South

“Slaves for Hire” surveys the practice of renting enslaved laborers in Antebellum Virginia, “Black Jacks” looks at rented slaves and free blacks in seafaring roles across the 18th and 19 centuries, and “Divided Mastery” looks at the common practices of slave hiring throughout the entire South, especially in the Antebellum period. Slaves for Hire Slaves...

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