William Rawle and Secession

07/01/2024 8 min Episodio 2620
William Rawle and Secession

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William Rawle was a well-respected lawyer, legal scholar, an abolitionist, and a believer in the right of states to secede. He described this in A View of the Constitution of the United States of America, which many claimed to have read while at West Point prior to the Civil War.Original article: William Rawle and Secession