The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia

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abolitionist work antislavery pamphlet political pamphlet

"The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia" is an 1838 antislavery pamphlet by Theodore Dwight Weld arguing that the U.S. Constitution grants Congress full authority to abolish slavery in the nation’s capital.

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Label	Occurrences
The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist work ⓘ antislavery pamphlet ⓘ political pamphlet ⓘ
aimsTo	demonstrate that Congress has plenary power over the District of Columbia ⓘ persuade Congress to exercise its power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ⓘ
argues	that Congress has constitutional power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ⓘ that the U.S. Constitution grants Congress full authority over the District of Columbia ⓘ
associatedWith	District of Columbia slavery debate NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	legal-constitutional treatise ⓘ political argument ⓘ
historicalContext	growing national controversy over slavery in the 1830s ⓘ
historicalPeriod	antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
intendedAudience	American public ⓘ members of the United States Congress ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	abolition of slavery ⓘ constitutional power of the United States Congress ⓘ slavery in the District of Columbia ⓘ
movement	American abolitionist movement ⓘ
placeOfPublication	United States (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPosition	abolitionism ⓘ antislavery ⓘ
publicationYear	1838 ⓘ
relatedTo	American antislavery literature ⓘ Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional debates on slavery ⓘ
supports	immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ⓘ
uses	constitutional interpretation ⓘ legal reasoning ⓘ moral arguments against slavery ⓘ

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Theodore Dwight Weld → notableWork → The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia ⓘ