The Reconstruction Amendments : The Essential Documents, Volume 1 /

Ratified in the years immediately following the American Civil War, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution-together known as the Reconstruction Amendments-abolished slavery, safeguarded a set of basic national liberties, and expanded the right to vote, respecti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lash, Kurt T. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Constitutional amendments > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Constitutional history > United States > 19th century > Sources.
HISTORY / General.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the Collection
  • Part 1 The Antebellum Constitution
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • A. F oundational Documents
  • B. Federalism and the Structure of Antebellum Constitutional Liberty
  • C. Slavery: Antebellum Law and Politics
  • D. Secession and Civil War
  • Part 2 The Thirteenth Amendment
  • A. Drafting
  • B. Ratification
  • Index and Table of Cases

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