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United States Constitution. Anti-Slavery Tracts. No. 1 / William Ingersoll Bowditch.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll), 1819-1909, author.
Series:
Anti-slavery tracts ; number 1.
Anti-slavery tracts ; number 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
Slavery.
United States. Constitution.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (12 pages).
Place of Publication:
New York : American Anti-Slavery Society, 1855.
Contents:
The Constitution is a pro-slavery instrument, according to the necessary meaning of its terms.
The framers of the Constitution intended to make a pro-slavery instrument.
The Constitution has been treated as a pro-slavery instrument, by the government, in practice.
The Constitution is pro-slavery, according to the exposition of its final interpreter.
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