The Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848
This ambitious book examines the constitutional and legal doctrines of the antislavery movement from the eve of the American Revolution to the Wilmot Proviso and the 1848 national elections. Relating political activity to constitutional thought, William M. Wiecek surveys the antislavery societies, t...
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| description | This ambitious book examines the constitutional and legal doctrines of the antislavery movement from the eve of the American Revolution to the Wilmot Proviso and the 1848 national elections. Relating political activity to constitutional thought, William M. Wiecek surveys the antislavery societies, the ideas of their individual members, and the actions of those opposed to slavery and its expansion into the territories. He shows that the idea of constitutionalism has popular origins and was not the exclusive creation of a caste of lawyers. In offering a sophisticated examination of both sides of the argument about slavery, he not only discusses court cases and statutes, but also considers a broad range of "extrajudicial" thought—political speeches and pamphlets, legislative debates and arguments. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-891282024-04-02T22:11:58Z The Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848 Wiecek, William M. History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas This ambitious book examines the constitutional and legal doctrines of the antislavery movement from the eve of the American Revolution to the Wilmot Proviso and the 1848 national elections. Relating political activity to constitutional thought, William M. Wiecek surveys the antislavery societies, the ideas of their individual members, and the actions of those opposed to slavery and its expansion into the territories. He shows that the idea of constitutionalism has popular origins and was not the exclusive creation of a caste of lawyers. In offering a sophisticated examination of both sides of the argument about slavery, he not only discusses court cases and statutes, but also considers a broad range of "extrajudicial" thought—political speeches and pamphlets, legislative debates and arguments. 2022-07-15T15:21:28Z 2022-07-15T15:21:28Z 2018 book ONIX_20220715_9781501726460_875 9781501726460 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89128 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://muse.jhu.edu/book/58451 Cornell University Press 10.1353/book.58451 10.1353/book.58451 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e 9781501726460 272 open access |
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