The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War

by Michael F. Conlin

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 Constitution aggravated the sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war. Going beyond the fugitive slave clause, the three-fifths clause, and the international slave trade clause, Michael F. Conlin demonstrates that many more constitutional provisions and practices played...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108495273
• ISBN13: 9781108495271
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 8.2"