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Author Waldstreicher, David.

Title Slavery's constitution : from revolution to ratification / David Waldstreicher.

Publication Info. New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  342.7308 WA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 195 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- England -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
Constitutional history -- United States.
ISBN 9780809094530 hardcover alkaline paper
0809094533 hardcover alkaline paper
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