A Covenant with Death

Paludan, Phillip Shaw

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Author
Paludan, Phillip Shaw
Publish Date
05/01/1975
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
323
Publisher Name
UILLINS
Subtitle
The Constitution, Law, and Equality in the Civil War Era
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
025200261X
ISBN-13
9780252002618
SKU
9780252002618

Description

The DJ blurb states: "After burning the Fugitive Slave Act, July 4th, 1854, William Lloyd Garrison burned a copy of the Constitution, calling it a "covenant with Death" and the "parent of all the other atrocities." The Constitution protected slavery..."