American by Birth : Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship /

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"In his infamous opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Chief Justice Taney had denied that any American descended from Africans, whether free or slave, could claim citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause repudiated this principle. The Fourteenth Amendment's conne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nackenoff, Carol (Author), Novkov, Julie, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2021.
Edition:Abridged edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ark, Wong Kim > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Emigration and immigration law.
Citizenship.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Chinese Americans.
Chinese Americans > California > Biography.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > 19th century > Sources.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History.
Citizenship > United States.
United States.
California.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Sources.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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