Slavery and the Constitution
Slavery and the Constitution traces the intricate and often painful history of slavery and the Constitution: how the institution of slavery influenced the Constitution and how the Constitution influenced the institution of slavery. It describes the inhuman experience of slavery as it developed in different parts of the country, and the inconsistencies of holding some people as property in a country that declared all men to be free and equal. And it explores the concomitant problem of racism, which made American slavery both more virulent than many historic forms of enslavement and also more difficult to eradicate.