Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)

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Brutus was the pseudonymous author of a series of influential Anti-Federalist essays that warned against the proposed U.S. Constitution’s potential to create an overly powerful central government and threaten individual liberties.

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instanceOf Anti-Federalist author ⓘ
pseudonymous political writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1787 ⓘ
1788 ⓘ
late 1780s ⓘ
aimedTo persuade state ratifying conventions to reject the Constitution or demand amendments ⓘ
concernedWith consolidation of the states into a single republic ⓘ
overly powerful central government ⓘ
representation in a large republic ⓘ
scope of federal judicial power ⓘ
taxation powers of the federal government ⓘ
threats to individual liberty ⓘ
contemporaryOf Publius (pseudonymous author of The Federalist Papers) ⓘ
linked to: Publius
country United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
genre political commentary ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
hasPart Brutus I ⓘ
Brutus II ⓘ
Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus IV ⓘ
Brutus IX ⓘ
Brutus V ⓘ
Brutus VI ⓘ
Brutus VII ⓘ
Brutus VIII ⓘ
Brutus X ⓘ
Brutus XI ⓘ
Brutus XII ⓘ
Brutus XIII ⓘ
Brutus XIV ⓘ
Brutus XIX ⓘ
Brutus XV ⓘ
Brutus XVI ⓘ
Brutus XVII ⓘ
Brutus XVIII ⓘ
Brutus XX ⓘ
Brutus XXI ⓘ
Brutus XXII ⓘ
Brutus XXIII ⓘ
Brutus XXIV ⓘ
Brutus XXV ⓘ
Brutus XXVI ⓘ
Brutus XXVII ⓘ
historicalRole critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ
influenced debate over the United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
classical republicanism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainSubject U.S. Constitution ⓘ
centralization of power ⓘ
federalism in the United States ⓘ
individual liberties ⓘ
movement Anti-Federalism ⓘ
namedAfter Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
notableWork Brutus essays ⓘ
opposedTo ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights ⓘ
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
positionHeld opponent of ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
pseudonymOf unknown author ⓘ
publicationMedium New York newspapers ⓘ
publicationPlace New York ⓘ
usedPseudonym Brutus ⓘ

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Anti-Federalists → hadAlias → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus IX → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XV → author → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XVI → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus X → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XVII → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus IV → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous author) ⓘ
linked to: Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer)
Brutus XX → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XIII → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XVIII → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XIV → author → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XIX → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XXII → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XXIV → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
Brutus XXV → hasAuthor → Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ