The constitutional origins of the American civil war /

The constitutional origins of the American civil war / Michael F. Conlin.

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In an incisive analysis of over two dozen clauses as well as several 'unwritten' rules and practices, The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War shows how the Constitution aggravated the sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war. Going beyond the fugitive slave cl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Conlin, Michael F., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Constitutional history > United States > 19th century.
Constitutional history.
War > Causes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The original intent of the slaveholding founders
  • Two constitutional wrongs did not guarantee a constitutional right
  • The tyranny of the northern majority
  • The spirit of 1787
  • The constitutional right of secession
  • Epilogue : the founders' constitution no more.

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