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Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

by Foner, Eric
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An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.

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Pub dateAug 11, 2020
ISBN-100393358526
ISBN-139780393358520
LanguageEnglish
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