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A radical reconstruction of the founders’ debate over slavery and the Constitution.Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of …
The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War—Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice Joseph Story—upheld the institution of …
“Wilentz brings a lifetime of learning and a mastery of political history to this brilliant book.”—David W. Blight, author of Frederick DouglassA New York Times Book Review …