Abraham Lincoln, constitutionalism, and equal rights in the Civil War era

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Title:

Abraham Lincoln, constitutionalism, and equal rights in the Civil War era

Author:

Belz, Herman.

Personal Author:

Belz, Herman.

Publication Information:

New York : Fordham University Press, 1998.

Physical Description:

xi, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

The North's Civil War, no. 2

North's Civil War, no. 2.

Language:

English

Contents:

Lincoln and the constitution: the dictatorship question reconsidered -- "Philosophical cause" of free government: the problem of Lincoln's political thought -- Abraham Lincoln and American constitutionalism -- Protection of personal liberty in Republican emancipation legislation -- Race, law, and politics in the struggle for equal pay during the Civil War -- Freedmen's Bureau Act of 1865 and the principle of no discrimination according to color -- New orthodoxy in reconstruction historiography -- Equality and the Fourteenth Amendment: the original understanding -- Constitution and reconstruction.

Reading Level:

1710 Lexile.

Personal Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-Views on the Constitution.

Subject Term:

Constitutional history -- United States.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.

Equality before the law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.

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