LEADER 02646nam 22005894a 450 001 9910783764303321 005 20230617042047.0 010 $a0-8147-8339-2 010 $a0-8147-8434-8 010 $a1-4294-1486-3 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814784341 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245320 035 $a(EBL)865933 035 $a(OCoLC)779828319 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235466 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272071 035 $a(PQKB)10643361 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865933 035 $a(OCoLC)80248957 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137195 035 $a(DE-B1597)547257 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814784341 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245320 100 $a20040507d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Thirteenth Amendment and American freedom$b[electronic resource] $ea legal history /$fAlexander Tsesis 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-8276-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-219) and index. 327 $aSlavery 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. 330 $aIn 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 mod 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 676 $a342.7308/7 700 $aTsesis$b Alexander$01121644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783764303321 996 $aThe Thirteenth Amendment and American freedom$93859873 997 $aUNINA