The Thirteenth Amendment And American Freedom
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The Thirteenth Amendment And American Freedom
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Author : Alexander Tsesis
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2004-12-12
The Thirteenth Amendment And American Freedom written by Alexander Tsesis and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-12 with Law categories.
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 modern civil rights movement, provides insight into the tremendous impact the Thirteenth Amendment has had on the Constitution and American culture. Importantly, Tsesis also explains why the Thirteenth Amendment is essential to contemporary America, offering fresh analysis on the role the Amendment has played regarding civil rights legislation and personal liberty case decisions, and an original explanation of the substantive guarantees of freedom for today's society that the Reconstruction Congress envisioned over a century ago.
The Promises Of Liberty
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Author : Alexander Tsesis
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Promises Of Liberty written by Alexander Tsesis and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
In these original essays, America's leading historians and legal scholars reassess the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and its relevance to issues of liberty, justice, and equality. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, reasserting the radical, egalitarian dimensions of the Constitution. It also laid the foundations for future civil rights and social justice legislation. Yet subsequent reinterpretation and misappropriation have curbed more substantive change. With constitutional jurisprudence undergoing a revival, The Promises of Liberty provides a full portrait of the Thirteenth Amendment and its potential for ensuring liberty. The collection begins with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Brion Davis, who discusses the failure of the Thirteenth Amendment to achieve its framers' objectives. The next piece, by Alexander Tsesis, provides a detailed account of the Amendment's revolutionary character. James M. McPherson, another Pulitzer recipient, recounts the influence of abolitionists on the ratification process, and Paul Finkelman focuses on who freed the slaves and President Lincoln's commitment to ending slavery. Michael Vorenberg revisits the nineteenth century's understanding of freedom and citizenship and the Amendment's surprisingly small role in the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction periods. William M. Wiecek shows how the Supreme Court's narrow interpretation once rendered the guarantee of freedom nearly illusory, and the collection's third Pulitzer Prize winner, David M. Oshinsky, explains how peonage undermined the prohibition against compulsory service. Subsequent essays relate the Thirteenth Amendment to congressional authority, hate crimes legislation, the labor movement, and immigrant rights. These chapters analyze unique features of the amendment along with its elusive meanings and affirm its power to reform criminal and immigration law, affirmative action policies, and the protection of civil liberties.
Final Freedom
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Author : Michael Vorenberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-05-21
Final Freedom written by Michael Vorenberg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-21 with History categories.
This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final Freedom looks at the struggle among legal thinkers, politicians, and ordinary Americans in the North and the border states to find a way to abolish slavery that would overcome the inadequacies of the Emancipation Proclamation. The book tells the dramatic story of the creation of a constitutional amendment and reveals an unprecedented transformation in American race relations, politics, and constitutional thought. Using a wide array of archival and published sources, Professor Vorenberg argues that the crucial consideration of emancipation occurred after, not before, the Emancipation Proclamation; that the debate over final freedom was shaped by a level of volatility in party politics underestimated by prior historians; and that the abolition of slavery by constitutional amendment represented a novel method of reform that transformed attitudes toward the Constitution.
The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual
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Author : Kariem Abdul Haqq
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-01-03
The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual written by Kariem Abdul Haqq and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Reference categories.
The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual is a guide to establishing a yearly commemorative week that educates and celebrates the ideals of freedom. It is inclusive, not exclusive. This ‘Freedom Week’ is assembled so that all Americans (blacks, whites, etc.) can benefit from its celebration. It can also include people worldwide, not just Americans, who love freedom everywhere. It is a celebration that helps to heal racial conflict rather than divide. ‘The 13th Amendment Freedom Week’ is not a celebration to simply remember the horrors of slavery. It is a time to remember the ideas and benefits of freedom. This ‘13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual’ lays the foundation for the ‘13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement.’ Together they work to establish the ‘13th Amendment Freedom Week.’
Lincoln And Freedom
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Author : Harold Holzer
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2007-08-27
Lincoln And Freedom written by Harold Holzer and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-27 with History categories.
Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 was a pivotal moment in the history of the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation had officially gone into effect on January 1, 1863, and the proposed Thirteenth Amendment had become a campaign issue. Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment captures these historic times, profiling the individuals, events, and enactments that led to slavery’s abolition. Fifteen leading Lincoln scholars contribute to this collection, covering slavery from its roots in 1619 Jamestown, through the adoption of the Constitution, to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. This comprehensive volume, edited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard, presents Abraham Lincoln’s response to the issue of slavery as politician, president, writer, orator, and commander-in-chief. Topics include the history of slavery in North America, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision, the evolution of Lincoln’s view of presidential powers, the influence of religion on Lincoln, and the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. This collection effectively explores slavery as a Constitutional issue, both from the viewpoint of the original intent of the nation’s founders as they failed to deal with slavery, and as a study of the Constitutional authority of the commander-in-chief as Lincoln interpreted it. Addressed are the timing of Lincoln’s decision for emancipation and its effect on the public, the military, and the slaves themselves. Other topics covered include the role of the U.S. Colored Troops, the election campaign of 1864, and the legislative debate over the Thirteenth Amendment. The volume concludes with a heavily illustrated essay on the role that iconography played in forming and informing public opinion about emancipation and the amendments that officially granted freedom and civil rights to African Americans. Lincoln and Freedom provides a comprehensive political history of slavery in America and offers a rare look at how Lincoln’s views, statements, and actions played a vital role in the story of emancipation.
Gale Researcher Guide For Exploring Freedom The Thirteenth Amendment And The End Of The Civil War
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Author : John Patrick Daly
language : en
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Release Date : 2018-09-28
Gale Researcher Guide For Exploring Freedom The Thirteenth Amendment And The End Of The Civil War written by John Patrick Daly and has been published by Gale, Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-28 with Study Aids categories.
Gale Researcher Guide for: Exploring Freedom: The Thirteenth Amendment and the End of the Civil War is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
Final Freedom
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Author : Michael Vorenberg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-05-21
Final Freedom written by Michael Vorenberg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-21 with History categories.
Focusing on the Thirteenth Amendment, this book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual
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Author : Kariem Abdul Haqq
language : en
Publisher: 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement
Release Date : 2022-01-06
13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual written by Kariem Abdul Haqq and has been published by 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with categories.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of this manual. It is the foundation upon which all other rights, privileges and responsibilities belonging to Black Americans in this country were built. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual is written to provide an annual celebrations week, during the week of December 6th, that educates as well as celebrates the beginning of freedom for ALL (not just some) American citizens. This manual focuses on the ANTI-slavery movement in America, starting with the Quakers and Founding Fathers, and includes the courageous actions of the slaves and freed slaves themselves. It is hoped that it will give proper respect and honor to the brave souls who, with God's help, unleashed overwhelming powerful forces to break the chains of bondage for four million slaves and their descendents. The manual seeks to establish an annual week long celebration featuring something new to learn each day. It will provide a consolidated system of knowledge that leads to increased freedoms. It explains what freedom means, and it explains the difference between national independence and individual freedoms. On Day One, the manual's focus is on outstanding abolitionists; Day Two, it highlights the basic -forms- of government that may or may not contribute to freedom, justice and equal opportunity; on Day Three, the book highlights the various -kinds- of economic systems that may or may not also contribute to freedom, justice and equal opportunity; on Day Four, the manual provides a list of historical documents that have contributed to freedom; on Day Five an exercise in genealogical research is encouraged; on Day Six, festivities and games are encouraged; and on Day Seven, -Guiding Principles for Reflection and Contemplation- are listed. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual features and highlights the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and is unique in that it also list the members of the 38th Congress, the 39th Congress and the 40th Congress who voted for or against these particular Amendments, respectfully
The Second Founding How The Civil War And Reconstruction Remade The Constitution
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Author : Eric Foner
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2019-09-17
The Second Founding How The Civil War And Reconstruction Remade The Constitution written by Eric Foner and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with History categories.
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation’s foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery, guaranteed all persons due process and equal protection of the law, and equipped black men with the right to vote. They established the principle of birthright citizenship and guaranteed the privileges and immunities of all citizens. The federal government, not the states, was charged with enforcement, reversing the priority of the original Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In grafting the principle of equality onto the Constitution, these revolutionary changes marked the second founding of the United States. Eric Foner’s compact, insightful history traces the arc of these pivotal amendments from their dramatic origins in pre–Civil War mass meetings of African-American “colored citizens” and in Republican party politics to their virtual nullification in the late nineteenth century. A series of momentous decisions by the Supreme Court narrowed the rights guaranteed in the amendments, while the states actively undermined them. The Jim Crow system was the result. Again today there are serious political challenges to birthright citizenship, voting rights, due process, and equal protection of the law. Like all great works of history, this one informs our understanding of the present as well as the past: knowledge and vigilance are always necessary to secure our basic rights.
The Story Of American Freedom
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Author : Eric Foner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Story Of American Freedom written by Eric Foner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Civil rights categories.