Gary Nash's "Race and Revolution"

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The paper discusses how Gary Nash, in his work "Race and Revolution", demonstrates that early colonial patriots recognized that the ideals that Americans had fought for required the complete abolition of slavery. The paper describes how Nash explodes such long-standing myths such as the idea that abolishing slavery was just not pragmatic. The paper looks at Nash's contention that the failed struggle of the Founding Fathers to create true justice means now Americans still struggle with the issue of race because the fathers passed off the responsibility to later generations. The paper explains how Nash introduces many ideas regarding this period of history that may be surprising to a layperson, and perhaps even to a historical expert.

From the Paper:

"Gary Nash's book, Race and Revolution questions the common assumption that the Founding Fathers, however great, were 'men of their age' and did not understand how the ideology of slavery clashed with their conception of universal freedom and justice for all. The debate over race, and the question of whether America would become nation that would be governed for the people and by all the people, regardless of race, did not begin with the Civil War or even the time right before the 'War Between the States.' Rather, the conflict over race was codified within the text of the U.S. Constitution."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Nash, Gary. (1990). Race and the Revolution. New York: Madison House Publishers, Inc.

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