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Magliocca, Gerard N.,

American founding son John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment / [electronic resource] : Gerard N. Magliocca. - New York : New York University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (x, 295 pages :) illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index.

Introduction : measuring a man -- Group think -- Franklin College -- Lawyer and whig -- Republican congressman -- And the war came -- The trial of the century -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- Reconstruction and impeachment -- Farewell to Washington -- Ambassador -- Obscurity -- Conclusion : legacy.

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Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900.


United States. 14th Amendment Constitution. --Legislative history.


Equality before the law--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights--Legislative history.


Electronic books.

KF4558 14th / .M34 2013

328.73092 B