slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic /
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George William Van Cleve.
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London :
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University of Chicago Press,
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2010.
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1 online resource (391 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
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Slavery in the American Revolution. From Empire to Confederation ; Abolition, slavery reform, and the climate of opinion -- The Making of the Slaveholders' Constitution. Property and Republican Representation ; Sectional Bargaining and Moral Union -- Slavery in the new nation. From Constitution to Republican Empire ; The Missouri Compact and the Rule of Law -- Conclusion: Slavery and the Dismal Fate of Madisonian Politics.
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After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865. But increasingly during the contested politics of the early republic, abolitionists cried out that the Constitution itself was a slaveowners' document, produced to protect and further their rights. A Slaveholders' Union furthers this unsettling claim by demonstrating once and for all that slavery was indeed an essential part of the foundation of the nascent republic.
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28D31AA6-7564-4F7F-BA79-4E02D6A41EC2
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Slaveholders' union.
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9780226846682
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Slavery-- History-- 18th century.
Slavery-- History-- 19th century.
Slavery-- Law and legislation-- United States-- History-- 18th century.
Slavery-- Law and legislation-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Slavery-- Political aspects-- United States.
droit-- esclavage-- politique-- Etats-Unis-- 1773-- 19e s. (début)
esclavage-- vie politique-- Etats-Unis-- constitution-- 1773-- 19e s. (début)