Overview
Why did the Founding Fathers fail to include blacks and Native Americans in their cherished proposition that all men are created equal"? The usual answer is racism. Historian Nicholas Guyatt argues in Bind Us Apart that, from the Revolution through the Civil War, most white liberals believed in the unity of all human beings. Many tried to build a multiracial America in the early nineteenth century, but ultimately adopted the belief that non-whites should create their own republics elsewhere: in an Indian state in the West, or a colony for free blacks in Liberia. Herein lie the origins of "separate but equal." Essential reading for anyone hoping to understand today's racial tensions, Bind Us Apart reveals why racial justice in the United States continues to be an elusive goal: despite our best efforts, we have never been able to imagine a fully inclusive, multiracial society. "--
- | Author: Nicholas Guyatt
- | Publisher: Basic Books
- | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 416 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/History
- | ISBN-10: 0465018416
- | ISBN-13: 9780465018413
