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American founding son : John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment

Overview: John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to al...

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Main Author: Magliocca, Gerard N., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Subjects and Genres:
Bingham, John Armor, > 1815-1900.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment > Legislative history.
United States.
African Americans > Civil rights > Legislative history.
Civil rights > United States.
Equality before the law > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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