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Thomas P. Slaughter: Book Review
The author Thomas P. Slaughter currently 61 was born on March 17, 1954. He currently lives in Trenton, New Jersey, and is Professor of History at Rutgers University. His books have won many awards such as the National Historical Society Book Prize, the American Revolution Round Table Award, the Society of the Cincinnati Award, and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Distinguished Author Award. Slaughter wrote this book to educated us on American History more so the Whiskey rebellion. He is currently a historian so as we can infer another reason for writing this book is due to his passion for the American history.
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