Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth

by Pamela Brandwein

Book Overview

Was slavery over when slaves gained formal emancipation? Was it over when the social, economic, and political situation for African Americans no longer mimicked the conditions of slavery? If the Thirteenth Amendment abolished it in 1865, why did most of the disputed points during the Reconstruction debates of 1866-75 concern issues of slavery? In this book Pamela Brandwein examines the post-Civil War struggle between competing political and legal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822322846
• ISBN13: 9780822322849
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"