About the Author

Paul Finkelman is the author of Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Brief History and Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson. The author or editor of more than twenty-five books, he is a distinguished professor at Albany Law School and a noted specialist in American legal history, race, and constitutional law. He lives in Slingerlands, New York.

Reviews

"Finkelman has delivered an unvarnished but compelling portrait of one of our least remembered but far from insignificant presidents." --Wall Street Journal