No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding

by Sean Wilentz

Book Overview

A radical reconstruction of the founders' debate over slavery and the Constitution.

Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of slavery. Some historians have charged that slaveholders actually enshrined human bondage at the nation's founding. The acclaimed political historian Sean Wilentz shares the dismay but sees the Constitution and slavery differently. Although the proslavery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674972228
• ISBN13: 9780674972223
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"