A slaveholders' union : slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.