Born equal remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920
"In Born Equal, the prizewinning constitutional historian Akhil Reed Amar recounts the dramatic constitutional debates that unfolded across these eight decades, when four glorious amendments abolished slavery, secured Black and female citizenship, and extended suffrage regardless of race or gender....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In Born Equal, the prizewinning constitutional historian Akhil Reed Amar recounts the dramatic constitutional debates that unfolded across these eight decades, when four glorious amendments abolished slavery, secured Black and female citizenship, and extended suffrage regardless of race or gender. At the heart of this era was the epic and ever-evolving idea that all Americans are created equal. The promise of birth equality sat at the base of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. But in the nineteenth century, remarkable American women and men-especially Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln-elaborated a new vision of what this ideal demanded. Their debates played out from Seneca Falls to the halls of Congress, from Bloody Kansas to Gettysburg, from Ford's Theater to the White House gates, ultimately transforming the nation and the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 726 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781541605190 1541605195 |
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