The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding /

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Author / Creator:	Gilhooley, Simon J., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 273 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies on the American Constitution Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.
Subject:	Constitutional history -- United States. Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History. Antislavery movements -- United States -- History. Antislavery movements Constitutional history Politics and government Slavery -- Law and legislation United States -- Politics and government -- History. United States History
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576952

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ISBN:	9781108866125 1108866123 9781108496124 9781108857222 1108857221 1108496121
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge, viewed on December 16, 2021).
Summary:	"Missouri's application for statehood was immediately and universally recognized as a moment of crisis for the Union. The significance of the moment for the nation was signaled through references to it as the most pivotal debate since the adoption of the Constitution itself. The sectional dimension of the conflict meant that the "Missouri question must necessarily excite warm feelings" reasoned the editor of The American, but the nature of the conflict meant more than that was at stake"--
Other form:	Print version: Gilhooley, Simon J.. The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108496124

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