The Powers of the Federal Government Over Slavery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781019832288)

Andrew J. Wilcox's The Powers of the Federal Government over Slavery is a legal treatise on the constitutionality of slavery in the United States. Wilcox argues that the federal government has the power to regulate and even abolish slavery, despite claims to the contrary by proponents of states' rights. This work is an important contribution to the legal and political debates surrounding slavery in the mid-19th century.

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