Anti-Federalist Papers

Anti-Federalist Papers is the collective name given to the works written by the Founding Fathers who were opposed to, or had objections concerning, the United States Constitution of 1787. Starting on 25 September 1787 (eight days after the final draft of the US Constitution) and through the early 1790s, these Anti-Federalists published a series of essays arguing against the ratification of the new Constitution. They opposed the implementation of a stronger federal government without protections for certain rights. The Anti-Federalist papers failed to halt the ratification of the Constitution, but they succeeded in influencing the first assembly of the United States Congress to draft the Bill of Rights. The essays were authored primarily by anonymous contributors using pseudonyms such as "Brutus" and the "Federal Farmer." Unlike the Federalists, the Anti-Federalists created their works as part of an unorganized group.

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