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Author Root, Damon, author.

Title A glorious liberty : Frederick Douglass and the fight for an antislavery constitution / Damon Root.

Publication Info. [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press [2020]

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Description 186 pages ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.
Contents Frederick Douglass's Constitution -- "A Faithful Disciple of William Lloyd Garrison" -- "An Anti-Slavery Instrument" -- "This Hell-Black Judgment of the Supreme Court" -- "Men of Color, to Arms!" -- "One Nation, One Country, One Citizenship" -- A Legacy of Liberty.
Summary "A review of Douglass's ideas about free labor and constitutional liberty in order to understand the origins and meanings of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, each of which grew out of the anti-slavery movement that Douglass did so much to shape"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment.
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment.
United States. Constitution. 15th Amendment.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
African American abolitionists.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. (OCoLC)fst00049680
Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
Abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00794478
African American abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00798994
Antislavery movements. (OCoLC)fst00810800
Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781640122352 hardcover
1640122354 hardcover
9781640123816 electronic publication
9781640123823 mobi
9781640123830 electronic book

 
    
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