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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... James M. McPherson, and David M. Oshinsky. Once the manuscript was complete, Andrew E. Taslitz's multi-page critique, which spoke volumes on how the Reconstruction altered the Constitution, was very helpful. G. Sidney Buchanan and ...
... James Buchanan took the unusual step of signing the Corwin Amendment, three states ratified it, and only the onset of the Civil War stopped it from gaining further momentum.3 The Thirteenth Amendment began on the road to success about ...
A Legal History Alexander Tsesis. tive, James M. Ashley, introduced the proposed amendment as one of that congressional session's first bills. He announced his intent to submit an amendment “prohibiting slavery, or involuntary servitude ...
... James Polk, senators like John Calhoun, and representatives like Henry Wise owned slaves and acted in the political realm to spread the institution. The Thirteenth Amendment reflects the legal triumph, after the Civil War, of ...
... James Otis, recognized the opportunity that the Revolution offered for putting an end to slavery. A group of black New Hampshire petitioners used natural rights terminology to make the point, “[t]hat freedom is an inherent right of the ...
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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