@article{772878,
      author = {Guyatt, Nicholas,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/772878},
      title = {Bind us apart : how enlightened Americans invented racial  segregation /},
      abstract = {"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. "--},
      recid = {772878},
      pages = {xii, 403 pages :},
}