Amendment Xiii : : Abolishing Slavery

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Foreword -- Amendment text and explanation -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1: Historical Background On The Thirteenth Amendment -- Historical defense of slavery / Thomas R Dew -- Rejection of the pro-slavery argument / William Jay -- Lincoln's emancipation proclamation / Abraham Lincoln -- Questioning the proclamation / New York Times -- Defense of the proclamation / Allen C Guelzo -- Arguments over Amendment XII / George William Curtis -- 2: Cases Concerning The Thirteenth Amendment -- Early Supreme Court rulings undermine Amendment XIII / Douglas L Colbert -- Supreme Court makes first decision regarding Amendments XIII and XIV / New York Times -- Plessy vs Ferguson: "Separate but equal" segregation laws do not violate Amendment XII / Henry Billings Brown -- Jones vs Mayer Co: Housing developer pins "badge of slavery" on African American buyer / Potter Stewart -- Jones vs Mayer Co: Majority decision interferes with individual rights / John Marshall Harlan II -- Memphis vs Greene: Violation of Constitutional rights or routine burden of citizenship? / John Paul Stevens -- Memphis vs Greene: Road closing promotes racial discrimination / Thurgood Marshall -- 3: Current Debate On Slavery And Its Impact On Modern Life -- America's debt to slaves / Jonathan Rauch -- Problem with reparations / Peter Flaherty and John Carlisle -- Immigrant labor as involuntary servitude / John Bowe -- Combating modern-day slavery / John R Miller -- Slavery in US prisons / Kim Gilmore -- Slavery in US suburbs / Paul Vitello -- Appendices -- A: Amendments to the US Constitution -- B: Court cases relevant to the thirteenth amendment -- For further research -- Index.
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