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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... actions, the Thirteenth Amendment enables Congress to pass nationwide legislation against any state or private vestiges of servitude. This distinction is significant for choosing legislative and litigation strategies. I disagree with ...
... action. Pursuing owners could recapture fugitives without resorting to a formal hearing or jury trial; specially appointed federal commissioners were granted authority to determine cases “in a summary manner.” At the end of this process ...
... action and away from appeasement. It emancipated only those blacks who were then enslaved by states “in rebellion against the United States.” Therefore, the Proclamation did not alter the legal status of slaves in Kentucky, Missouri ...
A Legal History Alexander Tsesis. other alternative for antislavery action, given the constitutional guarantee of slave property. Indeed, it was only at the end of 1863 and in the winter of 1864 that abolitionist organizations like the ...
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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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