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Taking on decades of received wisdom, David Waldstreicher has written the first book to recognize slavery's place at the heart of the U.S. Constitution. Famously, the Constitution never mentions slavery. And yet, of its eighty-four clauses, six were directly concerned with slaves and the interests of their owners. Five other clauses had implications for slavery that were considered and debated by the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the citizens of the states during ratification. This 'peculiar institution' was not a moral blind spot for America's otherwise enlightened framers, nor was it the expression of a mere economic interest. Slavery was as important to the making of the Constitution as the Constitution was to the survival of slavery. By tracing slavery from before the revolution, through the Constitution's framing, and into the public debate that followed, Waldstreicher rigorously shows not only that slavery was actively discussed behind the closed and locked doors of the Constitutional Convention but also that it was deftly woven into the Constitution itself. Finding meaning in silences that have long been ignored, "Slavery's Constitution" is a vital and sorely needed contribution to the conversation about the origins, impact, and meaning of our nation's founding document.
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最後一章跳躍性太強，有點亂
评分倒數第二章講各州批準過程的部分沒讀……大概就是講1787年憲法是一部pro-slavery的憲法，正是這樣的憲法安排頁促使內戰爆發。
评分最後一章跳躍性太強，有點亂
评分倒數第二章講各州批準過程的部分沒讀……大概就是講1787年憲法是一部pro-slavery的憲法，正是這樣的憲法安排頁促使內戰爆發。
评分最後一章跳躍性太強，有點亂
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