Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification
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Taking on decades of received wisdom, David Waldstreicher has written the first book to recognize slavery's place at the heart of the U.S. Constitution. Famously, the Constitution never mentions slavery. And yet, of its eighty-four clauses, six were directly concerned with slaves and the interests of their owners. Five other clauses had implications for slavery that were considered and debated by the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0809016508
ISBN13:9780809016501
Release Date:June 2010
Publisher:Hill & Wang
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"
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