A new birth of freedom
the Republican Party and freedmen's rights, 1861 to 1866
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Word Count
49,750 words, Guess
Page Count
199 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenewbirthoffreedo0000belz
- ISBN-100837189020
- ISBN-139780837189024
- Goodreads4574571
- Library of Congress Control Number76005257
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number2346021
- Better World Books9780837189024
- Open LibraryOL4877743M
Classifications
- DDC342/.73/085
- LCCKF4757 .B37
- LCCKF4757
Description
"A New Birth of Freedom is an account of how laws, policies, and constitutional amendments defining and protecting the personal liberty and civil rights of the country's African American population were adopted during the Civil War. A study in legal and constitutional history, it complements and forms a necessary predicate to the social history of emancipation that is the principal focus of contemporary Civil War scholarship. The relevance of the legal dimension in the struggle for black freedom is attested by the observation that many slaves "learned the letter of the law so they could seemingly recite from memory" passages from congressional measures prohibiting the return of escaped slaves to disloyal owners and guaranteeing their personal liberty."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Contributions in American history ;
- no. 52
Other Editions
- A new birth of freedom: the Republican Party and freedmen's rights, 1861 to 1866
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