The Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848

• Yazar: Wiecek, William M. (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1977
• Konular: History of the Americas; Slavery and abolition of slavery; Constitution
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Özet

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.

Fiziksel Özellikler

1 electronic resource (272 p.)

ISBN

y8fd-ha86
9781501726453
9781501726446
9780801410895
9781501726460

Erişim

Open Access