The forgotten emancipator : James Mitchell Ashley and the ideological origins of reconstruction / Rebecca E. Zietlow.
Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and 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...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316155059 |
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