For Europeans, it was Confederate slaveholders who defined the U.S. Constitution as anti-slavery.
Slavery and the Constitution
Liberty vs Property: Slavery and the Constitution
The Supreme Court struggled to untangle the status of a “cargo” of Africans captured at sea a decade after the US outlawed the slave trade.
Three-Fifths: Slavery and the Constitution
The reality of James Madison’s involvement in slavery is clear; the constitutional framer was no antislavery hero.
The Peculiar Institution Expands: Slavery and the Constitution
The landscape of slavery and the number of people imprisoned expanded because structurally and politically the Constitution encouraged it.
Racist Principles: Slavery and the Constitution
Wilentz is wrong. The Constitution incorporated slavery into our national system of governance.