The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding / Simon J. Gilhooley.

"Missouri's application for statehood was immediately and universally recognized as a moment of crisis for the Union. The significance of the moment for the nation was signaled through references to it as the most pivotal debate since the adoption of the Constitution itself. The sectional dimension...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.
Main Author: Gilhooley, Simon J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.
Subjects:
Constitutional history > United States.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government.
Antislavery movements.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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