The Anti-Federalist Papers Author:Patrick Henry, Samuel Byron, Robert Yates The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym. Collectively, these writings have become known as the Anti-Federalist Papers. They contain warnings of dangers from tyranny that weaknesses in the proposed Constitution did not adequately provide against, and while some of those weakn... more »esses were corrected by adoption of the Bill of Rights, others remained.« less