Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)

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Brutus was the pseudonymous author of a series of influential Anti-Federalist essays that warned against the proposed U.S. Constitution’s potential to create an overly powerful central government and threaten individual liberties.

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instanceOf Anti-Federalist author
pseudonymous political writer
activeInPeriod 1787
1788
late 1780s
aimedTo persuade state ratifying conventions to reject the Constitution or demand amendments
concernedWith consolidation of the states into a single republic
overly powerful central government
representation in a large republic
scope of federal judicial power
taxation powers of the federal government
threats to individual liberty
contemporaryOf Publius
surface form: Publius (pseudonymous author of The Federalist Papers)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork constitutional law
political theory
genre political commentary
political essay
hasPart Brutus I
Brutus II
Brutus III
Brutus IV
Brutus IX
Brutus V
Brutus VI
Brutus VII
Brutus VIII
Brutus X
Brutus XI
Brutus XII
Brutus XIII
Brutus XIV
Brutus XIX
Brutus XV
Brutus XVI
Brutus XVII
Brutus XVIII
Brutus XX
Brutus XXI
Brutus XXII
Brutus XXIII
Brutus XXIV
Brutus XXV
Brutus XXVI
Brutus XXVII
historicalRole critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution
influenced debate over the United States Bill of Rights
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought
classical republicanism
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject United States Constitution
surface form: U.S. Constitution

centralization of power
federalism in the United States
individual liberties
movement Anti-Federalism
namedAfter Marcus Junius Brutus
notableWork Brutus essays
opposedTo ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalists
surface form: Anti-Federalist
positionHeld opponent of ratification of the U.S. Constitution
pseudonymOf unknown author
publicationMedium New York newspapers
publicationPlace New York
usedPseudonym Brutus

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Anti-Federalists hadAlias Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus IX hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XV author Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XVI hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus X hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XVII hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus IV hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
this entity surface form: Brutus (pseudonymous author)
Brutus XX hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XIII hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XVIII hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XIV author Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XIX hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)