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Birthright Citizens
Martha S. Jones
其他書名
A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America
出版Cambridge University Press, 2018-06-28
主題History / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / African American & BlackLaw / GeneralLaw / ConstitutionalLaw / Legal HistoryPolitical Science / Civics & CitizenshipPolitical Science / Civil RightsSocial Science / Discrimination
ISBN11071503459781107150348
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8JxdDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the US Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. Still, Martha S. Jones explains, no single case defined their status. Former slaves studied law, secured allies, and conducted themselves like citizens, establishing their status through local, everyday claims. All along they argued that birth guaranteed their rights. With fresh archival sources and an ambitious reframing of constitutional law-making before the Civil War, Jones shows how the Fourteenth Amendment constitutionalized the birthright principle, and black Americans' aspirations were realized. Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans.