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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
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Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
James Ashley, the forgotten emancipator -- Antislavery constitutionalism and the meaning of freedom -- Free labor and wage slavery: the labor and antislavery movements -- Ashley's egalitarian free labor vision -- Ashley in Congress, 1859-1863 -- The Thirteenth Amendment and a new republic -- Enforcing the Thirteenth Amendment: Reconstruction and a positive right to free labor -- After Congress: the old antislavery guard and the northern worker -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Zietlow explores the ideological origins of Reconstruction and the constitutional changes in this era through the life of James Ashley. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896.
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Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896. |
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House. |
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Biographies.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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United States. |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1877 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zietlow, Rebecca E. Forgotten emancipator. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107095274 (DLC) 2017035060 (OCoLC)991826679 |
| ISBN |
9781108548120 (electronic book) |
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1108548121 (electronic book) |
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9781316155059 |
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1316155056 |
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9781107095274 |
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1107095271 |
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9781107479234 |
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1107479231 |
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