The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal HistoryNYU Press, 2004 M12 12 - 229 páginas 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 driving force that led to the adoption of an amendment that ultimately provided a substantive assurance of freedom for all American citizens. |
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... task of resurrecting the Thirteenth Amendment into an effective civil rights instrument should begin with an understanding of slavery's broad effect on U.S. society. PART I 1 Slavery and Its Social Penetration Study of Preface | 7.
... effect on the Constitution can best be understood by first examining the oppressive institution it ended. This chapter traces the centrality of slavery in the sectional conflicts that played out in the decades preceding the Civil War ...
... effect on presidential elections. Article II, section 1, clause 2 granted each state presidential electors whose number was equal to the states' combined number of senators and representatives. The electors, who comprise the body that ...
... effect, making it a misdemeanor for blacks and “mulattos” to enter the state for the purpose of residing there and subjecting them to a fine or, if unable to pay the $100 to $500, sale to forced labor to pay off the fine and court costs ...
... effect on the North was the Fugitive Slave Law.29 At first, the political momentum favored the North because President Taylor refused to buckle to what he called the “intolerant and revolutionary” demands of Southern politicians, at the ...
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End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response | 59 |
Summing Up and Looking Ahead | 94 |
Theoretical Foundation | 101 |
Thirteenth Amendment and Constitutional Rights | 112 |
Contemporary Settings | 137 |
Conclusion | 161 |
Select Bibliography | 201 |
Index | 221 |
About the Author | 229 |
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