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On September 17, 1787, at the State House in Philadelphia, thirty-nine men from twelve states signed America's Constitution after months of often bitter debate. They created a magnificent, enduring document, even though most of the delegates were driven more by pragmatic, regional interests than by idealistic vision. Many were meeting for the first time, others after years of contention, and the inevitable clash of personalities would be as intense as the advocacy of ideas or ideals. No issue was of greater concern to the delegates than that of slavery: it resounded through debates on the definition of treason, the disposition of the rich lands west of the Alleghenies, the admission of new states, representation and taxation, the need for a national census, and the very makeup of the legislative and executive branches of the new government. As Lawrence Goldstone provocatively makes clear in Dark Bargain, "to a significant and disquieting degree, America's most sacred document was molded and shaped by the most notorious institution in its history." - Jacket flap.
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Constitutional history, Politics and government, Law and legislation, Slavery, United States, United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), History, United states, constitutional convention (1787), Constitutional history, united states, Slavery, law and legislation, united states, Slavery, united states, history, United states, politics and government, 1783-1809Places
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Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution
October 3, 2006, Walker & Company
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Dark bargain: slavery, profits, and the struggle for the Constitution
2005, Walker & Company, Distributed by Holtzbrinck
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