Chapter One
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The political idealism of the Revolution also encouraged, and sometimes forced, white slave owners to liberate their slaves.

— Allen C. Guelzo

What It Means

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Allen C. Guelzo

About Allen C. Guelzo

Allen Carl Guelzo (born 1953) is an American historian.