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Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America

Part of the Studies in Legal History series
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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.

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Product Details
Cambridge University Press
110866539X / 9781108665391
eBook (EPUB)
30/06/2018
English
383 pages
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