Reflections on Slavery and the Constitution
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Reflections on Slavery and the Constitution

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Reflections on Slavery and the Constitution

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In this insightful book about constitutional law and slavery, George Anastaplo illuminates both how the history of race relations in the United States should be approached and how seemingly hopeless social and political challenges can be usefully considered through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. He examines the outbreak of the American Civil War, its prosecution, and its aftermath, tracing the concept of slavery and law from its earliest beginnings and slavery's fraught legal history within the United States. Anastaplo offers discussions that bring into focus discussions of slavery in Ancient Greece and within the Bible, showing their influence on the Constitution and the subsequent political struggles that led to the Civil War.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. PART I: 1. Slavery in Ancient Greece
  3. 2. Slavery and the Bible
  4. 3. Hugo Grotius on Slavery and the Law of Nations (1625)
  5. 4. Somerset v. Stewart (1771–1772) and Its Consequences
  6. 5. John Wesley and the Sins of Slavery (1774)
  7. 6. The Declaration of Independence and the Issue of Slavery (1776)
  8. 7. Human Nature and the Constitution
  9. 8. The Compromises with Respect to Equality in the Constitution (1787)
  10. 9. The States in the Constitution (1787)
  11. 10. The Federalist on Slavery and the Constitution (1787–1788)
  12. 11. Hannah More and Other Poets on Slavery (1798–1847)
  13. 12. Suppression of the International Slave Trade
  14. 13. John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun on the Abolitionist Petitions to Congress
  15. PART II: 1. The Fugitive Slave Laws (1793, 1850)
  16. 2. Frederick Douglass and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
  17. 3. Chief Justice Taney and the Dred Scott Case (1857)
  18. 4. The Dred Scott Case Dissenters (1857)
  19. 5. Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati (1859, 1861)
  20. 6. Stephen A. Douglas in Montgomery (November 1860)
  21. 7. The Ordinances of Secession (1860–1861)
  22. 8. The Declarations of Causes Issued by Seceding States (1860–1861)
  23. 9. The Confederate Constitution (1861)
  24. 10. Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War Generals, and Slavery (1861–1865)
  25. 11. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
  26. 12. The Civil War Amendments (1865, 1868, 1870)
  27. 13. The Lost Cause Transformed
  28. Appendix A: The Declaration of Independence (1776)
  29. Appendix B: The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
  30. Appendix C: The United States Constitution (1787)
  31. Appendix D: The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791–1992)
  32. Appendix E: The Confederate Constitution (1861)
  33. Appendix F: On the Relations of Slaves to Masters Who Considered Them “Nothings”
  34. Appendix G: Roster of Cases and Other Materials Drawn On
  35. About the Author