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portada The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
350
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Weight
0.59 kg.
ISBN13
9781108496124
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The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution

Simon J. Gilhooley (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover

The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution - Gilhooley, Simon J.

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Synopsis "The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution"

This book argues that conflicts over slavery and abolition in the early American Republic generated a mode of constitutional interpretation that remains powerful today: the belief that the historical spirit of founding holds authority over the current moment. Simon J. Gilhooley traces how debates around the existence of slavery in the District of Columbia gave rise to the articulation of this constitutional interpretation, which constrained the radical potential of the constitutional text. To reconstruct the origins of this interpretation, Gilhooley draws on rich sources that include historical newspapers, pamphlets, and congressional debates. Examining free black activism in the North, Abolitionism in the 1830s, and the evolution of pro-slavery thought, this book shows how in navigating the existence of slavery in the District and the fundamental constitutional issue of the enslaved's personhood, Antebellum opponents of abolition came to promote an enduring but constraining constitutional imaginary.

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