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title: 'David Ramsay on the Ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina, 1787–1788'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
date: 1943-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'History (General)'
- 'Slavery'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Philemon 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/1943-david-ramsay-on-the-ratification-of-the-constitution-in-south-carolina-1787-1788
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# David Ramsay on the Ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina, 1787–1788

Contents and excerpts from The Journal of Southern History (1943) covering James Buchanan and the Union crisis, defenses of slavery in the press, and David Ramsay's letters on SC ratification.

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