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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... practices. Thus, at its inception, Congress viewed the Thirteenth Amendment as a definitive blow to slavery and its vestiges. But a series of emasculating Supreme Court decisions, which I analyze in the third chapter, thwarted the hopes ...
... practices of hereditary servitude, and the guarantee of personal liberty. The amendment's full effect on the Constitution can best be understood by first examining the oppressive institution it ended. This chapter traces the centrality ...
... practice of compromising with slavocracy. The Dred Scott decision opened all states and territories to slavery because Chief Justice Taney, writing for the majority, held that a master could travel to any state in the Union and remain ...
... practices. The advocates of universal liberty would not be satisfied with the Emancipation Proclamation because it offered a solution that extended no further than the president's authority as commander in chief over the military ...
... practices and inequitable labor practices. Along these same lines, Congressman Isaac Arnold argued that by passing the amendment Congress recognized that “equality before the law is to be the great cornerstone” in this country. The ...
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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