01829cam a2200349 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000390009502000360013404000220017004300120019205000260020408200120023010000300024224501290027226000610040130000210046250400640048350504280054765100510097565100390102665000360106565000360110165000470113765000720118465000720125665100550132865100410138365000550142411234020230404125810.0100121s2010 ilu b 001 0 eng c a16066951 a 2010002454 a9780226846682 (cloth : alk. paper) a0226846687 (cloth : alk. paper) aICU/DLCcDLCdDLC an-us---14a002 E 446bV222s 201000a973.7/11 aVan Cleve, George,d1952-12aA slaveholders' union :bslavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic /cGeorge William Van Cleve. aChicago ;aLondon :bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2010. a391 p. ;c24 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 357-378) and index.0 aSlavery 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. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyRevolution, 1775-1783. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryy1783-1815. 0aSlaveryxHistoryy18th century. 0aSlaveryxHistoryy19th century. 0aSlaveryxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 0aSlaveryxLaw and legislationzUnited StatesxHistoryy18th century. 0aSlaveryxLaw and legislationzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 4aEstados UnidosxHistoriayRevolución, 1775-1783. 4aEstados UnidosxHistoriay1783-1815. 4aEsclavitudxHistoriazEstados UnidosySiglos XVIII