The Resource No property in man : slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding, Sean Wilentz
No property in man : slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding, Sean Wilentz
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- Summary
- Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of racial slavery. Some historians have charged that slaveholders actually enshrined human bondage at the nation's founding. Sean Wilentz shares the dismay but sees the Constitution and slavery differently. Although the proslavery side won important concessions, he asserts, antislavery impulses also influenced the framers' work. Far from covering up a crime against humanity, the Constitution restricted slavery's legitimacy under the new national government. In time, that limitation would open the way for the creation of an antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation. Wilentz's controversial reconsideration upends orthodox views of the Constitution. He describes the document as a tortured paradox that abided slavery without legitimizing it. This paradox lay behind the great political battles that fractured the nation over the next seventy years. As Southern Fire-eaters invented a proslavery version of the Constitution, antislavery advocates, including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, proclaimed an antislavery version based on the framers' refusal to validate property in man. No Property in Man invites fresh debate about the political and legal struggles over slavery that began during the Revolution and concluded with the Confederacy's defeat. It drives straight to the heart of the most contentious and enduring issue in all of American history.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 350 pages
- Note
- Series taken from half title
- Contents
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- Slavery, property, and emancipation in Revolutionary America
- The federal convention and the curse of heaven
- Slavery, antislavery, and the struggle for ratification
- To the Missouri Crisis
- Antislavery, the Constitution, and the coming of the Civil War
- Isbn
- 9780674972223
- Label
- No property in man : slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding
- Title
- No property in man
- Title remainder
- slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding
- Statement of responsibility
- Sean Wilentz
- Subject
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- Constitutional history -- United States
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- United States
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Constitutional history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of racial slavery. Some historians have charged that slaveholders actually enshrined human bondage at the nation's founding. Sean Wilentz shares the dismay but sees the Constitution and slavery differently. Although the proslavery side won important concessions, he asserts, antislavery impulses also influenced the framers' work. Far from covering up a crime against humanity, the Constitution restricted slavery's legitimacy under the new national government. In time, that limitation would open the way for the creation of an antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation. Wilentz's controversial reconsideration upends orthodox views of the Constitution. He describes the document as a tortured paradox that abided slavery without legitimizing it. This paradox lay behind the great political battles that fractured the nation over the next seventy years. As Southern Fire-eaters invented a proslavery version of the Constitution, antislavery advocates, including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, proclaimed an antislavery version based on the framers' refusal to validate property in man. No Property in Man invites fresh debate about the political and legal struggles over slavery that began during the Revolution and concluded with the Confederacy's defeat. It drives straight to the heart of the most contentious and enduring issue in all of American history.--
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- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilentz, Sean,
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Nathan I. Huggins lectures
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slavery
- Antislavery movements
- Constitutional history
- Antislavery movements
- Constitutional history
- Slavery
- United States
- Label
- No property in man : slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding, Sean Wilentz
- Note
- Series taken from half title
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Slavery, property, and emancipation in Revolutionary America -- The federal convention and the curse of heaven -- Slavery, antislavery, and the struggle for ratification -- To the Missouri Crisis -- Antislavery, the Constitution, and the coming of the Civil War
- Control code
- 1030444700
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674972223
- Lccn
- 2018006851
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030444700
- Label
- No property in man : slavery and antislavery at the nation's founding, Sean Wilentz
- Note
- Series taken from half title
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Slavery, property, and emancipation in Revolutionary America -- The federal convention and the curse of heaven -- Slavery, antislavery, and the struggle for ratification -- To the Missouri Crisis -- Antislavery, the Constitution, and the coming of the Civil War
- Control code
- 1030444700
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674972223
- Lccn
- 2018006851
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030444700
Subject
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- United States
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Constitutional history
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