A companion to The Constitution and the states (Madison House, 1988), this volume is a comparative history of the origins of civil rights and liberties in each of the colonies up to and including the struggle for and adoption of the Bill of Rights. Includes three introductory essays, a comprehensive bibliographic essay, and some 60 illustrations (portraits, broadsides, maps) with extended captions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR