Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights: Early State Constitutions and the American Tradition of Rights, 1776-1790

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Introduction  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 3-17
 Rights in Colonial America: 1620–1776  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 19-42
 The Rights Tradition in America’s First Constitutions  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 43-91
Front Matter ....Pages 93-93
 Virginia  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 95-113
 Pennsylvania  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 115-141
 Maryland  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 143-163
 Delaware  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 165-179
 North Carolina  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 181-199
 Vermont  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 201-221
 Massachusetts  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 223-245
 New Hampshire  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 247-266
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 South Carolina  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 269-287
 New Jersey  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 289-306
 Georgia  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 307-323
 New York  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 325-345
Front Matter ....Pages 347-347
 Connecticut  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 349-367
 Rhode Island  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 369-386
Front Matter ....Pages 387-387
 Rights Without Rebellion  (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 389-394