Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States

TitleProvisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Year for Search1858
Authors[Brown], [John](1800-59)
Date Published1858
Publisher[William Howard Day, Printer]
Place Published[St. Catharines, ON, Canada]
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Proposed constitution for the United States which would eliminate slavery. It was adopted in a convention of a small group of abolitionists. See also 1988 Bisson.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Weston, MA: M & S Press, 1969 with a "Preface" by Boyd B. Stutler (3-10) excerpted from the Lincoln Herald (Lincoln, TN) 50.4-51.1 (December 1948-February 1949): 17-25.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1800-59) was an American abolitionist who was executed after he tried to start a liberation movement among slaves in Virginia, and the constitution was designed to be put in place after the successful slave revolt.

Full Text

1858 [Brown, John] (1800-59). Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States [St. Catharines, ON, Canada: William Howard Day, Printer]. Rpt. Weston, MA: M & S Press, 1969 with a “Preface” by Boyd B. Stutler (3-10) excerpted from the Lincoln Herald (Lincoln, TN) 50.4-51.1 (December 1948-February 1949): 17-25. MoU-St, PSt

Proposed constitution for the United States which would eliminate slavery. It was adopted in a convention of a small group of abolitionists. See also 1988 Bisson. The author was an American abolitionist who was executed after he tried to start a liberation movement among slaves in Virginia, and the constitution was designed to be put in place after the successful slave revolt.