1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by Horn, James

1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in...
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Author: James Horn
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1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by Horn, James

1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

¥8,362

1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

¥8,362
Author: James Horn
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand in colonial Virginia.

Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history. In the newly built church at Jamestown, the General Assembly -- the first gathering of a representative governing body in America -- came together. A few weeks later, a battered privateer entered the Chesapeake Bay carrying the first African slaves to land on mainland English America.

In 1619, historian James Horn sheds new light on the year that gave birth to the great paradox of our nation: slavery in the midst of freedom. This portentous year marked both the origin of the most important political development in American history, the rise of democracy, and the emergence of what would in time become one of the nation's greatest challenges: the corrosive legacy of racial inequality that has afflicted America since its beginning.

Author: James Horn
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/16/2018
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780465064694


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2018
Library Journal 10/15/2018 pg. 70

About the Author
James Horn is the president of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He is author and editor of five books on colonial American history, including A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America and A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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