Joseph J. Ellis asserts in "Founding Brothers" that 1789-1799 was "the most crucial and consequential [decade] in American History [T]he subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the ... silent. It became the nation's "family secret". The revolutionary generation, in essence, could not solve or even face the subject of slavery without fears of secession. By remaining silent, our founding brothers passed on the most difficult dispute to the next generation. The looming argument of slavery became the United States" biggest concern for...

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