A slaveholders' union
Subtitle: slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic
By: George William Van Cleve.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780226846682
Subjects: Slavery -- History -- 18th century; Slavery -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History -- 1783-1815
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in the American Revolution; title: From Empire to Confederation; title: Abolition, slavery reform, and the climate of opinion; title: The making of the slaveholders' constitution; title: Property and republican representation; title: Sectional bargaining and moral union; title: Slavery in the new nation; title: From Constitution to Republican empire; title: The Missouri compact and the rule of law; title: Slavery and the dismal fate of Madisonian politics.