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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... committed to setting slaves free but, more generally, to protecting civil liberties. Even those congressmen who opposed the proposed amendment foresaw its potential to end many discriminatory practices. Thus, at its inception, Congress ...
... committed to interpreting the liberal principles of the Reconstruction generation. The discussion here is selective, using a thematic approach, trying to give sufficient context to an infinite set of causes. The aim is to provide ...
... committed itself to preventing the spread of slavery into the Western territories but not to its total abolition. This stance fell short of the full implications of the Republicans' perspective on the Fifth Amendment. Only in the midst ...
... committed no offence against the laws, could hardly be dignified with the name of due process of law.” Taney further equated slaves with chattel, holding that nothing in the Constitution enabled Congress to give less protection to slave ...
... committed itself at independence. The very nature of these conflicts indicated that slavery was at the forefront of sectional disagreements. Beginning with the Missouri Slavery and Social Penetration | 23 Centrality of Slavery in ...
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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The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History Alexander Tsesis Limited preview - 2004 |
The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History Alexander Tsesis No preview available - 2004 |