William M. Wiecek is Professor Emeritus of History and Law at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the author of The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution (also from Cornell University Press), The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought, and Liberty Under Law and coauthor of American Legal History, Nuclear America, and Equal Justice Under Law.

The Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848 joins the multitude of important studies on law and slavery that have propitiously appeared in recent years and provides an essential overview, neatly tying ideas and events of the new nation to its colonial past. Wiecek is especially good at relating thinkers to their ever- evolving milieu.- Donald M. Roper (William and Mary Quarterly) William M. Wiecek's thoughtful book, which examines the evolution of antislavery constitutionalism from the first Massachusetts freedom suit in 1760 to the end of the Mexican War, is a welcome contribution to the literature of American constitutional history and the antislavery movement.- Kermit L. Hall (American Journal of Legal History)

William M. Wiecek is Professor Emeritus of History and Law at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the author of The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution (also from Cornell University Press), The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought, and Liberty Under Law and coauthor of American Legal History, Nuclear America, and Equal Justice Under Law.

The Sources of Anti-Slavery Constitutionalism in America, 1760-1848 joins the multitude of important studies on law and slavery that have propitiously appeared in recent years and provides an essential overview, neatly tying ideas and events of the new nation to its colonial past. Wiecek is especially good at relating thinkers to their ever- evolving milieu.- Donald M. Roper (William and Mary Quarterly) William M. Wiecek's thoughtful book, which examines the evolution of antislavery constitutionalism from the first Massachusetts freedom suit in 1760 to the end of the Mexican War, is a welcome contribution to the literature of American constitutional history and the antislavery movement.- Kermit L. Hall (American Journal of Legal History)