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020			_a9781501726453
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020			_z9781501726460
035			_a(OCoLC)1028950181
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050		4	_aKF4545.S5 _bW53 1977
082	0		_a347.3061/3 _223
100	1		_aWiecek, William M., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848 _cWilliam M. Wiecek.
264		1	_bProject Muse,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (306 pages)
500			_aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe ambiguous beginnings of antislavery constitutionalism : Somerset -- Antislavery during and after the American Revolution -- Slavery in the making of the Constitution -- Antislavery in the new nation -- Missouri statehood : the second crisis of the union -- The Southern counteroffensive -- Antislavery renascent -- Constitutional sparring -- Moderate constitutional antislavery : abolition manquee -- The Garrisonian critique -- Radical constitutional antislavery : the imagined past, the remembered future -- Epilogue : beyond free soil.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThis 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 actions of those opposed to slavery and its expansion into the territories. He shows that the idea of constitutionalism has popular origins and was not the exclusive creation of a caste of lawyers. In offering a sophisticated examination of both sides of the argument about slavery, he not only discusses court cases and statutes, but also considers a broad range of "extrajudicial" thought--political speeches and pamphlets, legislative debates and arguments.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSlavery _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _w(DLC) 77006169 _z9781501726460
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/58451/
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