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catalog abstract ""William Lloyd Garrison argued - and many leading historians have since agreed - that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. Garrison called it "a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell." But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's most eminent historians, Don E. Fehrenbacher, argues against this claim in a wide-ranging, landmark history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln." "Fehrenbacher ranges from sharp-eyed analyses of the deal-making behind the "proslavery clauses" of the constitution to colorful accounts of partisan debates in Congress and heated confrontations with Great Britain (for instance, over slaves taken off American ships and freed in British ports). He shows us 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 law). Nevertheless, he also reveals that U.S. policy - whether in foreign courts, on the high seas, in federal territories, or even in the District of Columbia - was consistently proslavery. The book concludes with a brilliant portrait of Lincoln. Fehrenbacher makes clear why Lincoln's election was such a shock to the South and shows how Lincoln's approach to emancipation, which seems exceedingly cautious by modern standards, quickly evolved into a "Republican revolution" that ended the anomaly of the United States as a "slaveholding republic.""--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b11984985.
catalog contributor b11984986.
catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1775-1783.".
catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1783-1865.".
catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1865-1877.".
catalog created "2001.".
catalog date "2001".
catalog date "2001.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
catalog description ""William Lloyd Garrison argued - and many leading historians have since agreed - that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. Garrison called it "a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell." But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's most eminent historians, Don E. Fehrenbacher, argues against this claim in a wide-ranging, landmark history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln." "Fehrenbacher ranges from sharp-eyed analyses of the deal-making behind the "proslavery clauses" of the constitution to colorful accounts of partisan debates in Congress and heated confrontations with Great Britain (for instance, over slaves taken off American ships and freed in British ports). He shows us 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 law). Nevertheless, he also reveals that U.S. policy - whether in foreign courts, on the high seas, in federal territories, or even in the District of Columbia - was consistently proslavery. The book concludes with a brilliant portrait of Lincoln. Fehrenbacher makes clear why Lincoln's election was such a shock to the South and shows how Lincoln's approach to emancipation, which seems exceedingly cautious by modern standards, quickly evolved into a "Republican revolution" that ended the anomaly of the United States as a "slaveholding republic.""--Jacket.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-452) and index.".
catalog description "Preface -- Introduction -- Slavery and the founding of the republic -- Slavery in the national capital -- Slavery in American foreign relations -- African slave trade, 1789 to 1842 -- African slave trade, 1842 to 1862 -- Fugitive slave problem to 1850 -- Fugitive slave problem, 1850 to 1864 -- Slavery in the federal territories -- Republican revolution -- Conclusion.".
catalog extent "xii, 465 p. ;".
catalog hasFormat "Slaveholding republic.".
catalog identifier "0195141776".
catalog identifier "9780195302677 (electronic bk.)".
catalog isFormatOf "Slaveholding republic.".
catalog issued "2001".
catalog issued "2001.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
catalog relation "Slaveholding republic.".
catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1775-1783.".
catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1783-1865.".
catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1865-1877.".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "326/.0973 21".
catalog subject "African Americans Legal status, laws, etc. History 18th century.".
catalog subject "African Americans Legal status, laws, etc. History 19th century.".
catalog subject "Constitutional history United States.".
catalog subject "E446 .F45 2001".
catalog subject "Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)".
catalog subject "Reconstruction.".
catalog subject "Slavery Law and legislation United States History.".
catalog subject "Slavery Political aspects United States History.".
catalog subject "Slavery Political aspects United States.".
catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Introduction -- Slavery and the founding of the republic -- Slavery in the national capital -- Slavery in American foreign relations -- African slave trade, 1789 to 1842 -- African slave trade, 1842 to 1862 -- Fugitive slave problem to 1850 -- Fugitive slave problem, 1850 to 1864 -- Slavery in the federal territories -- Republican revolution -- Conclusion.".
catalog title "The slaveholding republic : an account of the United States government's relations to slavery / Don E. Fehrenbacher ; completed and edited by Ward M. McAfee.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".