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Final freedom : the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment /
"This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and during the last years of the American Civil War. Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final Freedom looks at the struggle among legal thinkers, politicians, and ordinary Americans in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and during the last years of the American Civil War. Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final Freedom looks at the struggle among legal thinkers, politicians, and ordinary Americans in the North and the border states to find a way to abolish slavery that would overcome the inadequacies of the Emancipation Proclamation. The book tells the dramatic story of the creation of a constitutional amendment and reveals an unprecedented transformation in American race relations, politics, and constitutional thought. Using a wide array of archival and published sources, Professor Vorenberg argues that the crucial consideration of emancipation occurred after, not before, the Emancipation Proclamation; that the debate over final freedom was shaped by a level of volatility in society and politics underestimated by prior historians; and that the abolition of slavery by constitutional amendment represented a novel method of reform that transformed attitudes toward the Constitution."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511040520 9780511040528 0521652677 9780521652674 0511117779 9780511117770 0521543843 9780521543842 9780511511691 0511511698 9780511048296 0511048297 1280154535 9781280154539 9786610154531 6610154538 0511303424 9780511303425 0511153341 9780511153341 |