TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 6 P51

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P51 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 488 MASON JOHN YOUNG however he had become deeply alienated by the result. Although he came from a slaveholding state Mason opposed slavery on both moral and economic grounds. He sought an end to the slave trade and the manumission of all slaves. Instead the Constitution allowed the slave trade to continue for 20 years and it said nothing about the institution of slavery. Mason also objected to the lack of provision for individual rights believing that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government. His criticism contributed to the enactment and ratification of the bill of rights in 1791 portions of which were modeled on Mason s Declaration of Rights. Mason died on October 7 1792 at his estate in Fairfax County Virginia. FURTHER READINGS Broadwater Jeff. 2006. George Mason Forgotten Founder. Chapel Hill Univ. of North Carolina Press. Pacheco Josephine F. ed. 1983. The Legacy of George Mason. Fairfax VA George Mason Univ. Press. Rutland Robert A. 1980. George Mason Reluctant Statesman. Baton Rouge Louisiana state Univ. Press. V MASON JOHN YOUNG John Young Mason served as a . attorney general under President james polk. He was secretary of the Navy during the Mexican War chair of the House committee on foreign affairs and an ambassador to France. While serving as ambassador Mason was one of three . ministers to sign the Ostend Manifesto a written proposal to buy or seize Cuba from Spain that was later dismissed as an effort to extend slavery in the United States. Mason was born in Greensville County Virginia on April 18 1799. His father was Edmunds Mason and his mother was Frances Ann Young Mason. His grandfather was Captain James Mason of the Fifteenth Virginia Line. Mason graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1816 and attended the law school at Litchfield Connecticut for three years. In 1819 he was admitted to the Virginia bar and began practice at Hicksford in Greensville County. In 1822 Mason moved to Southampton County Virginia

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