Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War

List of contents

1. The original intent of the slaveholding founders; 2. Two constitutional wrongs did not guarantee a constitutional right; 3. The tyranny of the Northern majority; 4. The spirit of 1787; 5. The constitutional right of secession; Epilogue: the Founders' constitution no more.

About the author

Michael F. Conlin is Professor of History at Eastern Washington University and author of One Nation Divided by Slavery: Remembering the American Revolution while Marching toward the Civil War (2015).

Summary

In an incisive analysis of over two dozen clauses as well as several 'unwritten' rules and practices, The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War shows how the conflicting constitutional interpretations of ordinary and elite Americans aggravated the sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war.

Product details

• Authors: Michael F. Conlin, Conlin Michael F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108459969
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45996-9
• No. of pages: 349
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Specific wars and campaigns, Constitution: government & the state, Slavery and abolition of slavery, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general