The Promises of Liberty

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Foreword: The Rocky Road to Freedom-Crucial Barriers to Abolition in the Antebellum Years, by David Brion Davis1. Introduction: The Thirteenth Amendment's Revolutionary Aims, by Alexander TsesisPart 1: Historical Settings 2. In Pursuit of Constitutional Abolitionism, by James M. McPherson3. The Civil War, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding Who Freed the Slaves, by Paul Finkelman4. Citizenship and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding the Deafening Silence, by Michael Vorenberg5. Emancipation and Civic Status: The American Experience, 1865-1915, by William M. Wiecek6. Convict Labor in the Post-Civil War South: Involuntary Servitude After the Thirteenth Amendment, by David M. Oshinsky7. The Thirteenth Amendment and a New Deal for Civil Rights, by Risa L. Goluboff8. The Workers' Freedom of Association Under the Thirteenth Amendment, by James Gray PopePart 2: Current Legal Landscapes 9. The Badges and Incidents of Slavery and the Power of Congress to Enforce the Thirteenth Amendment, by George A. Rutherglen10. The Promise of Congressional Enforcement, by Rebecca E. Zietlow11. Protecting Full and Equal Rights: The Floor and More, by Aviam Soifer12. Forced Labor Revisited: The Thirteenth Amendment and Abortion, by Andrew Koppelman13. The Slave Power Undead: Criminal Justice Successes and Failures of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Andrew E. Taslitz14. Toward a Thirteenth Amendment Exclusionary Rule as a Remedy for Racial Profiling, by William M. Carter15. Immigrant Workers and the Thirteenth Amendment, by Maria L. Ontiveros16. A Thirteenth Amendment Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Of Promises, Power, and Precaution, by Darrell A. H. Miller17. Epilogue: The Enduring Legacy of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Robert J. KaczorowskiAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIndex