Book contents
- The Second Founding
- The Second Founding
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- Part I Antebellum Law
- Part II From Abridgment to War and Ratification
- 4 Abridgment of Rights before and after the Civil War
- 5 The Fourteenth Amendment
- 6 Privileges, Immunities, and Incorporation
- Part III The Modern Era
- Notes
- Index
4 - Abridgment of Rights before and after the Civil War
from Part II - From Abridgment to War and Ratification
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2020
Book contents
- The Second Founding
- The Second Founding
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- Part I Antebellum Law
- Part II From Abridgment to War and Ratification
- 4 Abridgment of Rights before and after the Civil War
- 5 The Fourteenth Amendment
- 6 Privileges, Immunities, and Incorporation
- Part III The Modern Era
- Notes
- Index
Summary
This chapter surveys the historical, political, and legal problems confronting the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment. It describes the antebellum debate over whether free blacks were "citizens of the United States" entitled to comity rights, the travails of abolitionists, the rampant private violence and mob rule and inadequate protection of the laws, and the abridgment of the civil rights of the newly freed people in the infamous Black Codes.
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- The Second FoundingAn Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment, pp. 71 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020