The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom : : A Legal History /

The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom : : A Legal History / / Alexander Tsesis.

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In 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 drivi...

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Tsesis, Alexander,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Part I
  • 1 Slavery and Its Social Penetration
  • 2 On the Road to Ratification
  • 3 End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response
  • 4 Summing Up and Looking Ahead
  • Part II
  • 5 Theoretical Foundation
  • 6 Thirteenth Amendment and Constitutional Rights
  • 7 Contemporary Settings
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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