The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom : a Legal History.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.