The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom
Subtitle: A Legal History (Constitutional Amendments)
Publisher: NYU Press; New York University Press
Published: December 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780814782767
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; United States - General; Law and legislation; Constitutional; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; United States; USA; Legal History; Constitution.; United States.; 13th Amendment; Constitution; History; Slavery
First sentence: Study of constitutional law is most rewarding when it concerns civil rights.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.