LEADER 04222nam 22008173u 450 001 9910792259603321 005 20230607230514.0 010 $a0-19-028912-0 010 $a1-280-65539-9 010 $a0-19-803247-1 010 $a1-60256-719-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000294369 035 $a(EBL)279459 035 $a(OCoLC)560020410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284224 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193707 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284224 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260979 035 $a(PQKB)11737335 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279459 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000294369 100 $a20160725d2002|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlaveholding Republic$b[electronic resource] $eAn Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-515805-9 311 $a0-19-984947-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SLAVERY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC; 3 SLAVERY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL; 4 SLAVERY IN AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS; 5 THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, 1789 TO 1842; 6 THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, 1842 TO 1862; 7 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE PROBLEM TO 1850; 8 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE PROBLEM, 1850 TO 1864; 9 SLAVERY IN THE FEDERAL TERRITORIES; 10 THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION; 11 CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX; 330 $aMany leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's most eminent historians refutes this claim in a landmark history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Fehrenbacher shows that the Constitution itself was more or less neutral on the issue of slavery and that, in the antebellum period, the idea that the Constitution protected slavery was hotly debated (many Northerners would concede only that slavery was protected by state law, not by federal la 606 $aAfrican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 18th century 606 $aAfrican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century 606 $aConstitutional history -- United States 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 606 $aSlavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History 606 $aSlavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History 606 $aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y18th century$zUnited States 606 $aSlavery$xGovernment policy$xHistory$y19th century$zUnited States 606 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xLegal status, laws, etc 606 $aConstitutional history$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans 615 4$aAfrican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 18th century. 615 4$aAfrican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century. 615 4$aConstitutional history -- United States. 615 4$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). 615 4$aSlavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History. 615 4$aSlavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History. 615 4$aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783. 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aConstitutional history$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans 676 $a326/.0973 700 $aFehrenbacher$b Don E$01462217 701 $aMcAfee$b Ward M$01462218 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792259603321 996 $aSlaveholding Republic$93671102 997 $aUNINA