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Slavery's constitution : from revolution to ratification /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waldstreicher, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > England > History.
Slavery > United States > Legal status of slaves in free states.
Constitutional history > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Meaningful silences
  • The Mansfieldian moment
  • The great compromises of the Constitutional Convention
  • Protesting and ratifying slavery's constitution
  • Epilogue: Whose Constitution? Toward civil war.