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"[A] comprehensive and brilliant book from both a historical and
analytical perspective. Drawing from the lessons of history,
Alexander Tsesis shows persuasively the relevance of the Thirteenth
Amendment to a wide range of the social and economic issues
currently facing America, and he offers highly creative arguments
that support the use of congressional power under the Thirteenth
Amendment as a potent and effective means of meeting and resolving
these issues."
--G. Sidney Buchanan, Baker & Botts Chaired Professor of Law,
University of Houston Law Center
"Tsesis vigorously presents a set of arguments that are rarely
found in the conventional legal literature. . . . an interesting
and challenging book."
--Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School
"For those looking for arguments to revitalize and expand the
use of the Thirteenth Amendment, this is an interesting piece of
advoacacy."
--"Journal of American History"
.,."audacious and original. He (Tsesis) offers a blueprint as to
how desperately needed reforms...can come about."
--Richard Delgado in "Michigan Law Review"
"Alexander Tsesis's invigorating reevaluation of the Thirteenth
Amendment agrees with many Lincoln Republicans that it embraced the
Declaration of Independence."
--Harold Hyman, Rice University
"This book deserves applause because it illuminates in a new and
stimulating way methods for repairing the harm done by racist
rhetoric, hate crimes, and the newest forms of slavery."
--"The American Historical Review"
.,."a challenging and nicely written book that will teach
well."
--"Choice"
"In this interesting study, Alexander Tsesis argues for an
expansive view of the Thirteenth Amendment, presenting it as an
effort to permanently abolish all the incidents and badges of
slavery in America, including both governmentally and privately
sponsered forms of oppression against former slaves and
others."
--"The Law and Politics Review"
In this narrative history and contextual analysis of the
Thirteenth Amendment, slavery and freedom take center stage.
Alexander Tsesis demonstrates how entrenched slavery was in
pre-Civil War America, how central it was to the political events
that resulted in the Civil War, and how it was the driving force
that led to the adoption of an amendment that ultimately provided a
substantive assurance of freedom for all American citizens.
The story of how Supreme Court justices have interpreted the
Thirteenth Amendment, first through racist lenses after
Reconstruction and later influenced by the modern civil rights
movement, provides insight into the tremendous impact the
Thirteenth Amendment has had on the Constitution and American
culture. Importantly, Tsesis also explains why the Thirteenth
Amendment is essential to contemporary America, offering fresh
analysis on the role the Amendment has played regarding civil
rights legislation and personal liberty case decisions, and an
original explanation of the substantive guarantees of freedom for
today's society that the Reconstruction Congress envisioned over a
century ago.
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