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Author Root, Damon, author.

Title A glorious liberty : Frederick Douglass and the fight for an antislavery constitution / Damon Root.

Publication Info. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (185 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Frederick Douglass's Constitution -- "A faithful disciple of William Lloyd Garrison" -- "An anti-slavery instrument" -- "This hell-black judgment of the Supreme Court" -- "Men of color, to arms!" -- "One nation, one country, one citizenship" -- Epilogue: A legacy of liberty.
Summary In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root reveals how Frederick Douglass's fight for an antislavery Constitution helped to shape the course of American history in the nineteenth century and beyond.
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Subject Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment.
United States.
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment.
United States. Constitution. 15th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject African American abolitionists.
African American abolitionists.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Abolitionists.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Constitutional history.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Root, Damon. A Glorious Liberty : Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution. Lincoln : Potomac Books, ©2020 9781640122352
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