Antebellum Originalism: The Invention of a Proslavery Constitution

Event details Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM Location: Emerson Alumni Hall Ballroom Type: Lecture / Workshop Tags: Academic Calendar, Academics, For Faculty, For Staff, Lectures, Open to the Public About this event Join the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education for "Antebellum Originalism: The Invention of a Proslavery Constitution," featuring Dr. Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. A leading scholar of American political and social history, Wilentz has written extensively on slavery, antislavery politics and the U.S. Constitution. His award-winning scholarship examines the complex relationship between slavery and the nation's founding and the constitutional debates that shaped the United States in the decades leading to the Civil War. Official event details: https://calendar.ufl.edu/Hamilton/event/57522-antebellum-originalism-the-invention-of-a