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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... . Relinquishment of Thirteenth Amendment Principles 67 C. A Ray of Hope: Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer 82 D. Summing Up 92 4 Summing Up and Looking Ahead 94 part ii 5 Theoretical Foundation A. Abolition and Natural Rights vii.
... principle of justice” that grants “enforceable guarantees applicable against the states of equal protection, privileges or immunities, and due process of law.” Richards seems to only credit the Thirteenth Amendment with ending coerced ...
... principles that lie at its core. Constitutional abolition profoundly transformed the United States from a land that tolerated racial slavery to a country whose core law protects fundamental liberties. The Thirteenth Amendment is not ...
... principle of universal freedom could take root.”1 Revolutionary colonists typically proclaimed that they were under the British yoke of slavery. The 1774 Rhode Island law prohibiting slave importation proclaimed that among rights and ...
... principle of universal equality.5 The Declaration's wording was so general, without any accompanying philosophical or policy explanation, that politicians only began to identify the Declaration with antislavery sentiments shortly before ...
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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