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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Measuring a Man; 1. Group Think; 2. Franklin College; 3. Lawyer and Whig; 4. Republican Congressman; 5. And the War Came; 6. The Trial of the Century; 7. The Fourteenth Amendment; 8. Reconstruction and Impeachment; 9. Farewell to Washington; 10. Ambassador; 11. Obscurity; Conclusion: Legacy; Appendix: The Reconstruction Amendments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author.

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