Book contents
- Nothing More than Freedom
- Studies in Legal History
- Nothing More than Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Contract Controversy
- 2 Wreck and Ruin
- 3 By Force It Was Destroyed
- 4 Confederate Reckonings
- 5 Life after the Death of Slavery
- 6 Back into the Days of Slavery
- 7 The Grave Question
- 8 Final Failure
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Final Failure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2023
Book contents
- Nothing More than Freedom
- Studies in Legal History
- Nothing More than Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Contract Controversy
- 2 Wreck and Ruin
- 3 By Force It Was Destroyed
- 4 Confederate Reckonings
- 5 Life after the Death of Slavery
- 6 Back into the Days of Slavery
- 7 The Grave Question
- 8 Final Failure
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines a collection of suits decided by the U.S. Supreme Court that together privileged antebellum interpretations of doctrine over the promise of the Reconstruction Amendments, standardized the responses to post-emancipation litigation across state lines, and, ultimately, prevented abolition. The Court adopted the majority views developed at the state level as a blueprint for the edifice of Jim Crow.
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- Nothing More than FreedomThe Failure of Abolition in American Law, pp. 237 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023