of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention”
“Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,” ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“Agriculture and the Militia,” JOHN TAYLOR OF CAROLINE
Alabama Slave Code
Albany Plan of Union
Alien and Sedition Acts, The
Articles of Confederation
Barron v. Baltimore, JOHN MARSHALL 375
“Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience, The,” ROGER WILLIAMS
“Boston Declaration of Grievances”
“Braintree Instructions,” JOHN ADAMS
Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America
“Chief Justice Marshall,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
Chisholm v. Georgia, JAMES WILSON
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, JOSEPH STORY
Common Sense, THOMAS PAINE
Connecticut Law Regarding Escape of Negroes and Servants
“Constitution and the Union, The,” DANIEL WEBSTER 613
Constitution of the United States of America, The
“Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cotton to Lord Say and Seal,” JOHN COTTON
Debate over First Amendment Language
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence, The
Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress
Declaratory Act, The
“Despotism of the Majority, The,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
“Direct Taxation,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
“Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty, A,” “A SON OF LIBERTY” [SILAS DOWNER]
Dorchester Agreement
“Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis, The,” TIMOTHY DWIGHT
English Bill of Rights, The
“Essay I,” “BRUTUS”
“Essay V,” “BRUTUS”
Essex Result, The
“Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, An,” NOAH WEBSTER
Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, A, JOSEPH STORY
“Farewell Address,” GEORGE WASHINGTON
Federalist, The, Papers 1, 9, 10, 39, 47–51, 78; ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES MADISON, JOHN JAY
Federalist, The, Papers 84–85; ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES MADISON, JOHN JAY
Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858
First Fugitive Slave Law, 1852
First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, The
“Fort Hill Address,” JOHN C. CALHOUN 565
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
“Governor McDuffie’s Message,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kentucky Resolutions
“Letter I,” “CENTINEL”
“Letter III,” “THE FEDERAL FARMER”
“Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,” Letters V and IX, JOHN DICKINSON
“Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,” THOMAS JEFFERSON
“Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport,” GEORGE WASHINGTON
“Letter to the Roman Catholics in the United States of America,” GEORGE WASHINGTON
“Letter to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia,” GEORGE WASHINGTON
“Little Speech on Liberty,” JOHN WINTHROP
Magna Charta
Marbury v. Madison, JOHN MARSHALL
Maryland Act for Church Liberties
Maryland Act for Swearing Allegiance
Maryland Law Deeming Runaway Apprentices to Be Felons
Maryland Resolutions Protesting against Pennsylvanians
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, The
Massachusetts Law on Capture and Protection of Servants
Mayflower Compact, The
“Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,” JAMES MADISON
Missouri Compromise, The
“Morals of Legislation,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
“Morals of Politics, The,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
New Jersey Plan
North Carolina Law against Entertaining Runaways
Northwest Ordinance
“On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance,” JONATHAN BOUCHER
“Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” THOMAS JEFFERSON
“Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States,” ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience
People v. Ruggles, The, JAMES KENT
Petition of Right
“Platform of Church Discipline, A”
Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity
Providence Agreement
“Question of Slavery Narrowed to a Point, The,” WILLIAM LEGGETT
“Relative Position and Treatment of the Negroes, The,” GEORGE S. SAWYER
Report of the Hartford Convention
Report of Virginia House of Delegates
Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Responses to the Virginia Resolutions, Kentucky, 1798; All Others, 1799
“Rights of Conscience Inalienable, The,” JOHN LELAND
“Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, The,” JAMES OTIS
Scott v. Sandford, ROGER TANEY
Second Fugitive Slave Law, 1850
Sedition Act
Senate Speeches on the Compromise of 1850, JOHN C. CALHOUN and DANIEL WEBSTER
“Slavery,” JOHN TAYLOR OF CAROLINE
“Slavery Is Despotism,” HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
“Speech before the U.S. Senate,” DANIEL WEBSTER
“Speech before the U.S. Senate,” ROBERT Y. HAYNE
“Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments,” JAMES MADISON
“Speech on Electioneering,” DAVY CROCKETT
“Speech on the Slavery Question,” JOHN C. CALHOUN
Stamp Act, The
“Thanksgiving Proclamation,” GEORGE WASHINGTON