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Self-evident truths : contesting equal rights from the Revolution to the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Richard D. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Equality before the law > United States > History > 18th century.
Equality before the law > United States > History > 19th century.
Equality > United States.
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Declaration of Independence and the mystery of equality
  • Contending for religious equality
  • Equal justice for Irishmen and other foreigners
  • People of color and the promise betrayed
  • People of Color and equal rights: New England cases
  • Subordinate citizens: women and children
  • Equal rights and unequal people
  • Equal rights, privilege, and the pursuit of inequality.