” Lepore contends in this “gripping and unfamiliar story of our own past” that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism
These men tell what they experienced at Gettysburg in their own words
these pacificists believed
One of the most shocking and provocative events in American history
The men faced daily battles against racism and against inferior treatment
Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920 Section-General Robert E. Lee ” Lepore contends in thisby Akhil Reed Amar From one of our most prodigious constitutional scholars (Jonathan Eig), the definitive history of how the ideal of birth equality reshaped the American Constitution, from antebellum debates over slavery and secession, to the Civil War and emancipation, to womens suffrage In 1840, millions of Black Americans groaned in the chains of slavery. By 1920, millions of American men and women of every race had won the vote. In Born Equal,
