A Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate Over the ConstitutionJohn P. Kaminski, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Center for the Study of the American Constitution Madison House, 1995 - 289 strani By the early decades of the nineteenth century, Americans wondered, if slavery had become a necessary evil - economically essential but morally reprehensible. A Necessary Evil? is divided into seven chapters: the first establishes the background for slavery in the new nation and sets the stage for the debate while the second chapter records the arguments over slavery from the Constitutional Convention. Chapters three, four, and five turn to the New England, Middle, and Southern states respectively and present the complete record of slavery and the ratification debate in these regions. The next chapter demonstrates the peculiar institution's newly sanctioned role in the young republic and how abolitionists sought to reverse this growing consensus. Finally, the last chapter looks at slavery from the perspective of three of the most influential Americans, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, to show the complexity and inner turmoil that surrounded slavery. |
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... Independent Gazetteer , November 6 , 17879 The objections that have been made to the new constitution , are these : . . . 20. The importation of slaves is not to be prohibited until the year 1808 , and SLAVERY will probably resume its ...
... Independent Gazetteer , November 6 , 17879 The objections that have been made to the new constitution , are these : . . . 20. The importation of slaves is not to be prohibited until the year 1808 , and SLAVERY will probably resume its ...
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... Independent Gazetteer , November 23 ; Boston Independent Chronicle , December 13. For a response , see Mark Antony , Boston Independent Chronicle , January 10 , 1788 , in Chapter 3. Melancton Smith , a New York City merchant , was a ...
... Independent Gazetteer , November 23 ; Boston Independent Chronicle , December 13. For a response , see Mark Antony , Boston Independent Chronicle , January 10 , 1788 , in Chapter 3. Melancton Smith , a New York City merchant , was a ...
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LAYING SLAVERYS FOUNDATIONS | 1 |
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND SLAVERY | 41 |
NEW ENGLANd Debates SlaveRY AND THE CONSTITUTION | 67 |
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