The Resource The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding, Simon J. Gilhooley, (electronic resource)
The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding, Simon J. Gilhooley, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 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.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages)
- Contents
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- The constitutional imaginaries of the Missouri Crisis
- The Declaration of Independence and Black Citizenship in the 1820s
- Abolitionism and the Constitution in the 1830s
- The slaveholding South and the constitutionalization of slavery theories of the federal compact in the 1830s
- Slavery, The District of Columbia, and the Constitution
- The congressional crisis of 1836
- The compact and the election of 1836
- The afterlife of the compact of 1836
- Isbn
- 9781108496124
- Label
- The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding
- Title
- The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution
- Title remainder
- slavery and the spirit of the American founding
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon J. Gilhooley
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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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- Gilhooley, Simon J
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies on the American Constitution
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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- Constitutional history
- Antislavery movements
- Slavery
- United States
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- The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding, Simon J. Gilhooley, (electronic resource)
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- Contents
- The constitutional imaginaries of the Missouri Crisis -- The Declaration of Independence and Black Citizenship in the 1820s -- Abolitionism and the Constitution in the 1830s -- The slaveholding South and the constitutionalization of slavery theories of the federal compact in the 1830s -- Slavery, The District of Columbia, and the Constitution -- The congressional crisis of 1836 -- The compact and the election of 1836 -- The afterlife of the compact of 1836
- Control code
- CR9781108866125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781108496124
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1157633713
- Label
- The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding, Simon J. Gilhooley, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The constitutional imaginaries of the Missouri Crisis -- The Declaration of Independence and Black Citizenship in the 1820s -- Abolitionism and the Constitution in the 1830s -- The slaveholding South and the constitutionalization of slavery theories of the federal compact in the 1830s -- Slavery, The District of Columbia, and the Constitution -- The congressional crisis of 1836 -- The compact and the election of 1836 -- The afterlife of the compact of 1836
- Control code
- CR9781108866125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781108496124
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1157633713
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