TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Cleve,George
TI  - A slaveholders' union: slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic 
SN  - 978-0-226-84668-2
U1  - 973.71 23E
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Slavery / History / 18th century
KW  - Slavery / History / 19th century
KW  - Slavery / Political aspects / United States
KW  - Slavery / Law and legislation / United States / History / 18th century
KW  - Slavery / Law and legislation / United States / History / 19th century
KW  - United States / History / Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - United States / History / 1783-1815
N1  - Bibliogr. p. 357-378; Slavery in the American Revolution -- From Empire to Confederation -- Abolition, slavery reform, and the climate of opinion -- The making of the slaveholders' constitution -- Property and republican representation -- Sectional bargaining and moral union -- Slavery in the new nation -- From Constitution to Republican empire -- The Missouri compact and the rule of law -- Slavery and the dismal fate of Madisonian politics
ER  -