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A potent and original examination of how the Supreme Court subverted justice and empowered the Jim Crow era. In the following years following the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery; the 14th conferred citizenship and equal protection under the law to white and black; and the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Joseph Bradley: Add a description of this character.
- Lincoln
- Charles Sumner
- Harlan
- Andrew Johnson
- Sam Hose
- Holmes
- Williams
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Milligan
- Jim Crow
- Ulysses Grant
- Cruikshank
- Giles
- Henry Billings Brown
- Spencer
- Mckenna
- Hayes
- Taney
- Tourgée
- Hamilton
- Hoar
- Chase
- Lige Strickland
- David Davis
- Walker
- Scott
- Waite
- Conkling
- Strauder
- Tilden
- Darwinism
- John Marshall
- Plessy
- Woodward
- Garfield
- Marbury
- Reese
- Colfax
- Grier
- Decuir
Setting & Locations edit
- United States Constitution
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- America
- Washington
- Georgia
- New York City
- Alabama
- Court
- Chicago
- Cranford
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Texas
- Massachusetts
- Kentucky
- Atlanta
- Newnan
- Illinois
- White House
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Ohio
- California
- Union
- Indiana
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lawrence Goldstone (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 342.730873
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Civil Rights & Liberties
- Books › Law › Procedures & Litigation › Courts
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences
- Books › Law › Perspectives on Law › Legal History
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