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Loading... Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America (original 2006; edition 2013)by Garrett Epps (Author)
Work InformationDemocracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America by Garrett Epps (2006)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I wish the author had spent more time discussing the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by the states, but this intimate look at the political leaders of the postwar Union is fascinating nevertheless. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Describes the fierce battle that erupted in post-Civil War America over the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the implications of the revolutionary addition to the U.S. Constitution, and the colorful cast of characters involved--including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
"The last battle of the Civil War wasn't fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock coats. Yet it was war all the same--a desperate struggle for the soul and future of the new American Republic that was rising from the ashes of Civil War. It was the battle that planted the seeds of democracy, under the bland heading "Amendment XIV." Scholars call it the "Second Constitution." Over time, the Fourteenth Amendment--which at last provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any state from denying any citizen due process and equal protection under the law--changed almost every detail of our public life. Democracy Reborn tells the story of this desperate struggle, from the halls of Congress to the bloody streets of Memphis and New Orleans. Both a novelist and a constitutional scholar, Garrett Epps unfolds a powerful story against a panoramic portrait of America on the verge of a new era."--Publisher's website. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)342.7308Social sciences Law Constitutional and administrative law North America Constitutional law--United States Jurisdiction over personsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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