A glorious liberty : Frederick Douglass and the fight for an anti-slavery constitution / Damon Root.

Author: Root, Damon, author.

ImprintLincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

Description186 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Frederick Douglass's Constitution -- "A Faithful Disciple of William Lloyd Garrison" -- "An Anti-Slavery Instrument" -- "This Hell-Black Judgment of the Supreme Court" -- "Men of Color, to Arms!" -- "One Nation, One Country, One Citizenship" -- A Legacy of Liberty.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.

Note:"A review of Douglass's ideas about free labor and constitutional liberty in order to understand the origins and meanings of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, each of which grew out of the anti-slavery movement that Douglass did so much to shape."-- Provided by publisher.

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