Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Title | Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States |
Year for Search | 1858 |
Authors | [Brown], [John](1800-59) |
Date Published | 1858 |
Publisher | [William Howard Day, Printer] |
Place Published | [St. Catharines, ON, Canada] |
Keywords | Male 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 | MoU-St, PSt |
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. |