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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... Slavery and the Founding Generation 12 B. Slavery as a Cultural Institution 18 C. Centrality of Slavery in Sectional Conflicts 23 2 On the Road to Ratification 34 A. Emancipation by Statute and Proclamation 34 B. Congressional Debates ...
... slaves did not only involve economic oppression. American society viewed slaves in commodification terms; thereby, the spurious right to own human chattel eclipsed slaves' rights to live free, unmolested lives. Owners' property ...
... Slave Clause, and the twenty-year protection on slave importation were more important to drafting an acceptable Constitution than including a Bill of Rights.2 Thus, from the founding of this country, slavery's protagonists held a ...
... slavery, or involuntary servitude, in all of the States and Territories now owned or which may be hereafter acquired by ... slaves and the exploitation of migrant agricultural workers as peons. To pass constitutional scrutiny, such laws ...
... slavery and that hate speech is a badge of servitude. The congressional 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 ...
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 |