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The Forgotten Emancipator - James Mitchell Ashley and the Ideological Origins of Reconstruction (Paperback)
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The Forgotten Emancipator - James Mitchell Ashley and the Ideological Origins of Reconstruction (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
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Congressman James Mitchell Ashley, a member of the House of
Representatives from 1858 to 1868, was the main sponsor of the
Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared
the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Rebecca E. Zietlow
uses Ashley's life as a unique lens through which to explore the
ideological origins of Reconstruction and the constitutional
changes of this era. Zietlow recounts how Ashley and his
antislavery allies shared an egalitarian free labor ideology that
was influenced by the political antislavery movement and the
nascent labor movement - a vision that conflicted directly with the
institution of slavery. Ashley's story sheds important light on the
meaning and power of popular constitutionalism: how the
constitution is interpreted outside of the courts and the power
that citizens and their elected officials can have in enacting
legal change. The book shows how Reconstruction not only expanded
racial equality but also transformed the rights of workers
throughout America.
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