National State and Political Parties during the First American Republic (U.S.). Notes on Edward Baptist's paper

Abstract

This work comments on Edward Baptist's "The Second Slavery and the First American Republic." In it, I emphasize the text's main elements, the concepts of Second Slavery, and the concept of First Republic. My comments focus on the Second Party System and distinct interpretations concerning the role of the Federal State during the period that preceded the American Civil War.

Keywords :
State; political parties; Second Slavery; frontier; sectionalism