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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... contracts, so their marriages were not legally recognized. Spouses could be separated by sale, or the master could send one of them to work on another of his plantations or lease him to another person. Even parent-child relations were ...
... contracts, or maintaining lawsuits in the state. In Ohio, they could not testify against whites, even though they were tried before white juries. Ohio also forbade black children from enrolling in schools, although they could obtain ...
... contract, or of managing the ordinary business of life.” In spite of his hold on power in the House, Stevens was never able to translate this ideal into law.16 Legislators who sided with Sumner and Stevens wanted to end discrimination ...
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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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