A slaveholders' union : slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic /
Van Cleve, George,1952-
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Slavery in the American Revolution -- From Empire to Confederation -- Abolition, slavery reform, and the climate of opinion -- The making of the slaveholders' constitution -- Property and republican representation -- Sectional bargaining and moral union -- Slavery in the new nation -- From Constitution to Republican empire -- The Missouri compact and the rule of law -- Slavery and the dismal fate of Madisonian politics.
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