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001			2018002423
003			DLC
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008			180319s2018 enk b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018002423
020			_a9781107150348 (hardback : alk. paper)
020			_a9781316604724 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)NEW
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
040			_aLBSOR/DLC _beng _erda _cLBSOR _dDLC
050	0	0	_aKF4757 _b.J67 2018
082	0	0	_a342.7308/3 _223
100	1		_aJones, Martha S.,
245	1	0	_aBirthright citizens : _ba history of race and rights in antebellum America / _cMartha S. Jones.
263			_a1805
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c[2018]
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aStudies in legal history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : rights of colored men : debating citizenship in antebellum America -- Being a native, and free born : race and rights in Baltimore -- Threats of removal : colonization, emigration, and the borders of belonging -- Aboard the Constitution : black sailors and citizenship at sea -- The city courthouse : everyday scenes of race and law -- Between the Constitution and the discipline of the church : making congregants citizens -- By virtue of unjust laws : black laws and the reluctant performance of rights -- To sue and be sued : courthouse claims and the contours of citizenship -- Confronting Dred Scott : seeing citizenship from Baltimore City -- Conclusion : rehearsals for Reconstruction : new citizens in a new era -- Epilogue : monuments to men.
520			_a"Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. Still, Martha S. Jones explains, no single case defined their status. Former slaves studied law, secured allies, and conducted themselves like citizens, establishing their status through local, everyday claims. All along they argued that birth guaranteed their rights. With fresh archival sources and an ambitious reframing of constitutional law-making before the Civil War, Jones shows how the Fourteenth Amendment constitutionalized the birthright principle, and black Americans' aspirations were realized. Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xLegal status, laws, etc.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xCivil rights _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aCitizenship _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aRace discrimination _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States _xHistory.
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