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Quotes from Quarrels that Have Shaped the Constitution — John A. Garraty

1920–2007 United States

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The right to hold slaves was a property right; since Congress could not interfere with a man's property rights, it could not prohibit slavery in the territories.

Quarrels that Have Shaped the Constitution (1975)

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