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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... Debates on the Thirteenth Amendment's Meaning 37 C. The Immediate Aftermath of Liberation 48 1. What Sort of Freedom? 48 2. Legal Protections 53 3 End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response 59 A. Political Abandonment of Reconstruction ...
... debates preceding ratification and the congressional powers arising from the amendment's second section were the subjects of Douglas Colbert's work. Both Amar and Colbert drew extensively from the seminal article on the subject, which ...
... debates contain precious nuggets of wisdom that are helpful for understanding the profound change the Reconstruction Congress intended to achieve. Many Radical Republicans, such as Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri, recognized that ...
... debates on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Senator Albert G. Brown declared that “negroes are not men, within the meaning of the Declaration. If they were, Madison, and Jefferson, and Washington, all of whom lived and died slaveholders, never ...
... debates supporting passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Weld's marriage with feminist abolitionist Angelina Grimké was productive, and together they advocated racial equality and spoke against Northern racism. These trailblazers faced ...
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 No preview available - 2004 |