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Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification
Slavery's Constitution From Revolution to Ratification
Author: David Waldstreicher
Taking on decades of received wisdom, David Waldstreicher has written the first book to recognize slavery?s place at the heart of the U.S. Constitution. Famously, the Constitution never mentions slavery. And yet, of its eighty-four clauses, six were directly concerned with slaves and the interests of their owners. Five other clauses had implicat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809094530
ISBN-10: 0809094533
Publication Date: 6/23/2009
Pages: 208
Edition: 1St Edition
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Publisher: Hill and Wang
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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