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Yeah well, left and right were terms that didn't even exist then, being brought into existence by the Third Estate in France shortly thereafter. As you've stated previously, America was a heterogenious hodge podge of thirteen colonies with different dynamics. For what its worth, the Constitution was most solicitous of slavery, preserving the slave trade for an additional 20 years. In any event, events like Shay's Rebellion and an uprising in Rhode Island in the same period are rightly associated with Anti-Federalism. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Mark Lause <markala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sam Adams wasn't an Antifederalisst. In the end, he went along with > adopting the Constitution, partly because his artisan base in the cities > pulled and pushed him along. > > The Antifederalists were not a far left. The label was imposed on > opponents of the Constitution of all sorts. There were all sorts of > reasons people might do that. Some might be left. Others might be > concerned that a central government might hinder their local use of the > corn cob as a basic unit of currency. :--) > > ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
