Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction : a legal history documentary reader

Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction : a legal history documentary reader / edited by Christian G. Samito.

The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular p...

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Other Authors: Samito, Christian G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009.
Series:Legal History of the Civil War Era.
Subjects:
1800-1899
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Armed Forces > African Americans
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans > History > 19th century.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The status of African Americans before the Civil War
  • The expansion of governmental power and the nationalization of the Union
  • African Americans, emancipation, and military service
  • Rights during the Civil War and Reconstruction : potential, change, and opposition
  • Judicial interpretation and limitation of the Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation.

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