Description: Birthright Citizens by Martha S. Jones Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Birthright Citizens examines how black Americans transformed the terms of belonging for all Americans before the Civil War. They battled against black laws and threats of exile, arguing that citizenship was rooted in birth, not race. The Fourteenth Amendment affirmed this principle, one that still today determines who is a citizen. Publisher Description Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the 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 US 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. Author Biography Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. She was formerly a Presidential Bicentennial Professor at the University of Michigan, and was a founding director of the Michigan Law School Program in Race, Law and History. She is the author of All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830–1900 (2007) and co-editor of Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women (2015). Details ISBN 1107150345 ISBN-13 9781107150348 Title Birthright Citizens Author Martha S. Jones Format Hardcover Year 2018 Pages 266 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:118419777; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781107150348
Book Title: Birthright Citizens
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Birthright Citizens : a History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, General, Civics & Citizenship, United States / General
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: Martha S. Jones
Series: Studies in Legal History Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
