The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal HistoryIn this narrative history and contextual analysis of the Thirteenth Amendment, slavery and freedom take center stage. Alexander Tsesis demonstrates how entrenched slavery was in pre-Civil War America, how central it was to the political events that resulted in the Civil War, and how it was the driving force that led to the adoption of an amendment that ultimately provided a substantive assurance of freedom for all American citizens. |
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... Confederate Symbols 3. Revival of Confederate Symbolism 4. Federal Authority B. Hate Crimes C. Contemporary Instances of Peonage Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index About the Author 101 101 104 137 140 143 147 149 154 161 163 201 ...
... Confederate symbols into their official logos since such displays amount to badges of servitude. Then, I claim that the second section of the amendment authorizes Congress to pass a national hate crimes law that would prohibit certain ...
... Confederate secession, Congress did finally repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Clause of the Constitution, which was the real source of the human rights infringements, was not invalidated until states ratified the ...
... Confederacy. But the First Confiscation Act, even in its March 1862 modified form (forbidding the return of any fugitives), liberated no. 2. slaves. On the other hand, the Second Confiscation Act, passed 34 On the Road to Ratification A ...
... Confederate areas on January 1, 1863, but later greeted the conquering Union Army as freed people. Moreover, many slaves who lived within the Confederacy, like those residing in Norfolk, Virginia, simply walked off plantations after ...
Contents
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End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response | 59 |
Summing Up and Looking Ahead | 94 |
Theoretical Foundation | 101 |
Thirteenth Amendment and Constitutional Rights | 112 |
Contemporary Settings | 137 |
Conclusion | 161 |
Select Bibliography | 201 |
Index | 221 |
About the Author | 229 |
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