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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... forced labor. Slavery emaciated blacks' civil rights and created an aristocratic class that also disassociated itself from the welfare of white laborers. Slavery spread a tangled web that covered many essential aspects of U.S. society ...
... forced labor but that its second section also empowered Congress to develop legislation that is “rationally” related to ending any remaining “badges and incidents of servitude.” The Court's holding in Jones enables Congress to pass ...
... that provided its victims with only the bare amenities and forced them into lifelong, hereditary servility. Slaveholding was the aspiration of many whites living in the South who longed for a sense 11 Slavery and Its Social Penetration.
... forced work hours (for instance, feigning illness instead of heading out to work), to independently learning to read and write, running away, and even to organized rebellions. Their ability to mold their identities was limited by rules ...
... forced labor. Children who lived on plantations found slaves willing to act on their slightest whims, which made one firsthand observer of this lifestyle, in 1839, tremble to “think of learning to rule despotically your fellow creatures ...
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 |