02646nam 22005894a 450 991078376430332120230617042047.00-8147-8339-20-8147-8434-81-4294-1486-310.18574/nyu/9780814784341(CKB)1000000000245320(EBL)865933(OCoLC)779828319(SSID)ssj0000258818(PQKBManifestationID)11235466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258818(PQKBWorkID)10272071(PQKB)10643361(MiAaPQ)EBC865933(OCoLC)80248957(MdBmJHUP)muse10377(Au-PeEL)EBL865933(CaPaEBR)ebr10137195(DE-B1597)547257(DE-B1597)9780814784341(EXLCZ)99100000000024532020040507d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Thirteenth Amendment and American freedom[electronic resource] a legal history /Alexander TsesisNew York New York University Pressc20041 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8276-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-219) and index.Slavery and its social penetration -- On the road to ratification -- End of radical ideals and judicial response -- Summing up and looking ahead -- Theoretical foundation -- Thirteenth Amendment and constitutional rights -- Contemporary settings.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. The story of how Supreme Court justices have interpreted the Thirteenth Amendment, first through racist lenses after Reconstruction and later influenced by the modSlaveryLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistorySlaveryLaw and legislationHistory.342.7308/7Tsesis Alexander1121644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783764303321The Thirteenth Amendment and American freedom3859873UNINA