No Property in Man : : Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding, With a New Preface / / Sean Wilentz.
Driving straight to the heart of the most contentious issue in American history, Sean Wilentz argues controversially that, far from concealing a crime against humanity, the U.S. Constitution limited slavery’s legitimacy—a limitation which in time inspired the antislavery politics that led to Souther...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Slavery, Property, and Emancipation in Revolutionary America -- 2 The Federal Convention and the Curse of Heaven -- 3 Slavery, Antislavery, and the Struggle for Ratification -- 4 To the Missouri Crisis -- 5 Antislavery, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Driving straight to the heart of the most contentious issue in American history, Sean Wilentz argues controversially that, far from concealing a crime against humanity, the U.S. Constitution limited slavery’s legitimacy—a limitation which in time inspired the antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674244092 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674244092 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sean Wilentz. |