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

Author/Contributor(s):	Wiecek, William M
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	08/15/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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...