Final Freedom The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment |
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| Author:
| Vorenberg, Michael |
| Contribution by:
| Tomlins, Christopher
Cullen, C.
Needham, Joseph |
| Series title: | Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-65267-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.