American Founding Son : John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment

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John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Magliocca, Gerard N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bingham, John Armor, > 1815-1900.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment > Legislative history.
Constitution (United States)
Equality before the law.
Civil rights.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire legislative.
Equality before the law > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > Legislative history.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two of the greatest trials in history, giving the closing argument in the military prosecution of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. And more than any other man, Bingham playe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780814761465

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