Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Martha S. JonesSeries:Studies in Legal HistoryPublish date:2018-06-28Pages:266
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316604724ISBN-10:1316604721UPC:9781316604724Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Civics & CitizenshipBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJ52KSAQ2
Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the US Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. Still, Martha S....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316604724ISBN-10:1316604721UPC:9781316604724Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Civics & CitizenshipBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCJ52KSAQ2
Jones, Martha S.: - Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. She was formerly a Presidential Bicentennial Professor at the University of Michigan, and was a founding director of the Michigan Law School Program in Race, Law and History. She is the author of All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African...
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