🇺🇸 🇬🇧 "Left out from history are the attempts of the founders to force Britain to return thousands of escapees from slavery they sheltered. Patriot state leaders tried to coerce the return of all fugitives from slavery evacuated with the British army by blocking payment of debts to England in violation of the Treaty of Paris. Such actions ultimately caused the breakdown of the agreement and exposed the structural inability of the Congress to enforce the terms of a duly ratified treaty over intransigent states."

Messer-Kruse, T. (2024) ‘The Carried-Off and the Constitution: How British Harboring of Fugitives from American Slavery Led to the Constitution of 1787’, Law and History Review, pp. 1–33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0738248024000038. #Journal #Article #History #Histodon #Histodons #Slavery #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #Europe #C18th #18thCentury #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons