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American Slavery, American Freedom was written by Edmund Morgan and published by Norton in 1975. The subject of slavery, through the years, has been more often illustrated rather than actually explained. For some time now, I have been more interested in why slavery took place, rather then how it took place. I specifically chose American Slavery, American Freedom, in hopes of learning a deeper meaning of the significance of slavery and its relationship in shaping America. The basic and fundamental point that Morgan seems to drive home in this book is the close relationship between the establishment of freedom and the rise of slavery in America. Morgan believes that these two principals, as opposite as they seem, were both closely intert