Punish treason, reward loyalty : the forgotten goals of constitutional reform after the Civil War / Mark A. Graber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graber, Mark A., author.

Series:

Constitutional thinking

Forgotten Fourteenth Amendment ; v. 1.

Constitutional Thinking

The Forgotten Fourteenth Amendment ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--14th Amendment.

United States.

Privileges and immunities--United States.

Privileges and immunities.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Due process of law--United States.

Due process of law.

Constitution (United States).

Physical Description:

xlix, 361 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]

Summary:

"In contemporary constitutional politics, Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment-which includes the citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, and equal protection clauses-is the star of the show, with some attention given to Section Five. But this was not the focus of interest for the Republican members of the Thirty-Ninth Congress. Their interest was instead in Sections Two, Three, and Four. Today we tend to think the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to protect persons of color. But the Republicans engaged in Reconstruction saw its purpose as preventing "rebel rule" by punishing treason and rewarding loyalty, particularly loyal whites who remained faithful to the Union during the Civil War. In this first of three planned volumes for UPK's Constitutional Thinking series, Mark Graber aims to restore to contemporary memory the Fourteenth Amendment drafted by those Republican and Unionist members of Congress who supported congressional reconstruction"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The exclusion debate

The problem oif rebel rule

Protecting and empowering the loyal

Guarantees

To Colorado and beyond

Rebels. loyalists, and racial equality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-347) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Graber, Mark A. Punish treason, reward loyalty

ISBN:

9780700635030

0700635033

OCLC:

1378310277