The Seizure, Confiscation and Destruction of Property in the Confederacy, 1861-1865
Author: Marilyn Child Etzler
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Published: 1948
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Author: Marilyn Child Etzler
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Published: 1948
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rufus Waples
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel W. Hamilton
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-09-15
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0226314863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmericans take for granted that government does not have the right to permanently seize private property without just compensation. Yet for much of American history, such a view constituted the weaker side of an ongoing argument about government sovereignty and individual rights. What brought about this drastic shift in legal and political thought? Daniel W. Hamilton locates that change in the crucible of the Civil War. In the early days of the war, Congress passed the First and Second Confiscation Acts, authorizing the Union to seize private property in the rebellious states of the Confederacy, and the Confederate Congress responded with the broader Sequestration Act. The competing acts fueled a fierce, sustained debate among legislators and lawyers about the principles underlying alternative ideas of private property and state power, a debate which by 1870 was increasingly dominated by today’s view of more limited government power. Through its exploration of this little-studied consequence of the debates over confiscation during the Civil War, The Limits of Sovereignty will be essential to an understanding of the place of private property in American law and legal history.
Author: University of Kansas. Graduate School
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Oakes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 641
ISBN-13: 0393065316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country"--OCLC
Author: William K. Klingaman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-03-19
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1101218703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this comprehensive account of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, William K. Klingaman takes a fresh look at what is arguably the most controversial reform in American history. Taking the reader from Lincoln's inauguration through the Civil War to his tragic assassination, it uncovers the complex political and psychological pressures facing Lincoln in his consideration of the slavery question, including his decision to issue the proclamation without consulting any member of his cabinet, and his meticulous attention to every word of the document. The book concludes with a discussion of what the Emancipation Proclamation really meant to four million newly freed blacks and its subsequent impact on race relations in America.
Author: University of Kansas. Libraries
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 550
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bessie E. Wilder
Publisher: Topeka : Printed by F. Voiland, Jr., State printer
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 248
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bessie E. Wilder
Publisher: [Lawrence] : University of Kansas Libraries
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 242
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