Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 305 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0521652677
Series Statement:
Cambridge historical studies in American law and society
Content:
Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final Freedom looks at the struggle among legal thinkers, politicians, and ordinary Americans to find a way to abolish slavery that would overcome the inadequacies of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-296) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Slavery s Constitution; 2 Freedom s Constitution; 3 Facing Freedom; 4 Debating Freedom; 5 The Key Note of Freedom; 6 The War within a War: Emancipation and the Election of 1864; 7 A King s Cure; 8 The Contested Legacy of Constitutional Freedom; Appendix: Votes on Antislavery Amendment; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521652674
Additional Edition:
Print version Final Freedom : The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment
Language:
English
URL:
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