Forgotten Emancipator James Mitchell Ashley Ideological Origins R… 9781107095274

Cambridge University Press

The Forgotten Emancipator\nby Rebecca E. Zietlow\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rebecca E. Zietlow\nTitle: The Forgotten Emancipator\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Slavery and abolition of slavery\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107095274\nISBN-10: 1107095271\nRRP: \u00A349.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nCongressman James Mitchell Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Rebecca E. Zietlow uses Ashley''s life as a unique lens through which to explore the ideological origins of Reconstruct.