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. |
