Inventing Equality: Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War

by Michael A. Bellesiles

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The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War.

On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" The audience had invited him to speak on the day celebrating freedom, and had expected him to offer a hopeful message...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1250091918

ISBN13:9781250091918

Release Date:October 2020

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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History Law Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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