Nothing More than Freedom by Giuliana Perrone (Hardback Book)

Name: Nothing More than Freedom by Giuliana Perrone (Hardback Book)
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Nothing More than Freedom explores the long and complex legal history of Black freedom in the United States. From the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877, supreme courts in former slave states decided approximately 700 lawsuits associated with the struggle for Black freedom and equal citizenship. This litigation \u2013 the majority through private law \u2013 triggered questions about American liberty and reassessed the nation's legal and political order following the Civil War. Judicial decisions set the terms of debates about racial identity, civil rights, and national belonging, and established that slavery, as a legal institution and social practice, remained actionable in American law well after its ostensible demise. The verdicts determined\n\nNothing More than Freedom\nThe Failure of Abolition in American Law\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked ser;