Title Madison's militia : the hidden history of the Second Amendment / Carl T. Bogus

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 327 pages) Contents Showdown in Richmond -- Debate in Richmond -- Decision in Richmond -- Southern terror -- The militia: war in the North -- The militia: war in the South -- Mr. Madison goes to Congress -- The ghost of Patrick Henry -- The English Declaration of Rights of 1689 -- Chimeras of liberty Summary "A nightmare had been haunting Carolinians. In the fall of 1734, readers of the South Carolina Gazette learned of three separate revolts on sailing ships transporting Africans to bondage in the New World. In all three incidents, the Africans killed the ship's captain, and in two of the incidents the Africans took full control of the ship and its cargo. A few months later, the paper reported that black slaves had revolted on St. John in the Virgin Islands and "entirely massacred all of the white people on that island, consisting of about two hundred families, and were very inhuman in the executions and murders." These incidents were more than concerning - they were downright frightening - in a colony (or province as South Carolina was then formally known) in which nearly two-thirds of the residents were enslaved Blacks"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2023) Subject Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Influence SUBJECT Madison, James, 1751-1836 fast Subject United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment. SUBJECT Constitution (United States) fast Subject Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century Paramilitary forces -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States -- History -- 18th century Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century Constitutional history Firearms -- Law and legislation Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Militia Slavery -- Law and legislation Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. SUBJECT United States -- Militia -- History -- 18th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2022037285 ISBN 9780197632253 0197632254 9780197632246 0197632246 9780197632239 0197632238

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