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

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Legal History of the Civil War Era
Legal History of the Civil War Era.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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 paths that were not predetermined. Editor Christian G. Samito has carefully selected excerpts from legislation, public and legislative debates, court cases, investigations of white supremacist violence in the South, and rare court-martial records, added his expert analysis, and illu.
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Subject African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
United States.
Armed Forces.
African Americans.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Samito, Christian G.
Other Form: Print version: Changes in law and society during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009 9780809328895 0809328895 (DLC) 2008043099 (OCoLC)262941269
ISBN 9781441623669 (electronic book)
1441623663 (electronic book)
9780809386437 (e-book)
0809386437
9780809386437
9780809328895 (paperback alkaline paper)
0809328895 (paperback alkaline paper)