LEADER 03135nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910778550703321 005 20230721023021.0 010 $a1-282-13891-X 010 $a9786613808219 010 $a0-8093-8643-7 010 $a1-4416-2366-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000806012 035 $a(EBL)1354414 035 $a(OCoLC)856870147 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074030 035 $a(PQKB)11183172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354414 035 $a(OCoLC)457224731 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354414 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582736 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380821 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000806012 100 $a20081017d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChanges in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction$b[electronic resource] $ea legal history documentary reader /$fedited by Christian G. Samito 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aLegal History of the Civil War Era 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2889-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-326) and index. 327 $aThe status of African Americans before the Civil War -- The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union -- African Americans, emancipation, and military service -- Rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition -- Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation. 330 $aThe first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular paths that were not predetermined. Editor Christian G. Samito has carefully selected excerpts from legislation, public and legislative debates, court cases, investigations of white supremacist violence in the South, and rare court-martial records, added his expert analysis, and illu 410 0$aLegal History of the Civil War Era 606 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xAfrican Americans$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 676 $a342.7308/73 701 $aSamito$b Christian G$0879477 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778550703321 996 $aChanges in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction$93767207 997 $aUNINA