“A purer form of government”: African American constitutionalism in the founding of Liberia

Abstract The African Americans who wrote the Liberian constitution of 1847 represent one of the few instances where Americans engaged national constitution-making after 1787. While the Liberians adopted many aspects of the American constitution, they also made substantial changes implicitly critiqui...
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Autor*in:

Cash, Jordan [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

Liberia

Comparative politics

African politics

African American politics

American political development

African American political thought

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© The Editor of the Journal 2021

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Journal of transatlantic studies - [Cham] : Springer International Publishing, 2003, 19(2021), 4 vom: 13. Okt., Seite 408-440

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:19 ; year:2021 ; number:4 ; day:13 ; month:10 ; pages:408-440

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DOI / URN:

10.1057/s42738-021-00081-2

Katalog-ID:

SPR045666636

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