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Author Van Cleve, George, 1952-

Title A slaveholders' union : slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic / George William Van Cleve.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (391 pages) : map
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Slavery -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Slavery -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States.
Slavery -- Political aspects.
United States.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
Chronological Term 1783-1815
Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation.
HISTORY.
droit -- esclavage -- politique -- Etats-Unis -- 1773 -- 19e s. (début)
esclavage -- vie politique -- Etats-Unis -- constitution -- 1773 -- 19e s. (début)
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Van Cleve, George, 1952- Slaveholders' union. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226846682 (DLC) 2010002454 (OCoLC)502304574
ISBN 9780226846699 (electronic book)
0226846695 (electronic book)
9780226846682 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226846687 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 40018384266

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