The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom S. Wendy Roberts Boaventura De Sousa Santos

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The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom S. Wendy Roberts Boaventura De Sousa SantosIn 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