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Author Rego, Paul M., 1979- author.

Title Lyman Trumbull and the second founding of the United States / Paul M. Rego.

Publication Info. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2022]

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Description viii, 327 pages : 24 cm
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Series American political thought
American political thought.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The Civil War and Reconstruction periods in United States history are widely viewed as a "second founding" of the nation, one that sought to bring the American regime into better alignment with the aspirations articulated at the first founding. Among the figures involved in shaping this new start for the American republic, Lyman Trumbull played an instrumental role in the liberation of African Americans. He was the principal author and mover of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery permanently throughout the United States. On the basis of the Thirteenth Amendment, he also authored the first civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which Congress enacted to protect the fundamental rights of all Americans, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Despite being arguably the greatest legislative architect of America's second founding, Trumbull later turned his back on the Reconstruction that he helped initiate. Worried that Reconstruction was going too far, he increasingly defended states' rights against the Radical Republicans. In this way, he perfectly personified his era. Paul Rego's study of Trumbull's political and constitutional thought is a much-needed exploration of this key figure in Reconstruction history. Like the framers of the first founding, Trumbull was complex and contradictory-a symbol of both the nation's rebirth and its lost promise, as responsible for the period's disappointments as he was for its triumphs. This is a long overdue book on one of the forgotten framers of the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896 -- Political and social views.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. (OCoLC)fst00000110
United States. Congress. Senate. (OCoLC)fst00530422
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst00799632
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) (OCoLC)fst01754987
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780700633494 (cloth)
0700633499
9780700633500 (ebook)

 
    
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