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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... law. Before states ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, the Constitution protected slaveholding interests. The delegates ... laws of said state.” The Corwin Amendment, as it came to be known, mustered the necessary two-thirds majority of ...
... laws that were primarily aimed at protecting newly freed people. After Reconstruction, however, a series of Supreme Court decisions substantially diminished the amendment's significance in achieving genuine liberation. The Court did not ...
... law, each person has the right to pursue and fulfill his or her unobtrusive vision of the good life. In such a ... laws and private prejudices, they are more likely to creatively contribute to the pool of talents that can be tapped ...
... laws prohibiting acts resembling involuntary servitude even when they occur only within one state; on the other hand ... law that would prohibit certain acts not currently covered under any federal statute. Finally, I discuss the ...
... law prohibiting slave importation proclaimed that among rights and liberties, “personal freedom must be considered as the ... laws and not subject to arbitrary governmental infringements.4 The Declaration's promise of equal freedom would ...
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 |