Title: The Thirteenth Amendment, Interest Convergence, and the Badges and Incidents of Slavery
Abstract:The Thirteenth Amendment’s great promise remains largely unrealized. The Amendment surely accomplished its immediate purpose of dismantling the legal institution of chattel slavery and rejected the Fo...The Thirteenth Amendment’s great promise remains largely unrealized. The Amendment surely accomplished its immediate purpose of dismantling the legal institution of chattel slavery and rejected the Founding compromise that legitimated that institution. But the immediate goal of the Amendment (the elimination of slavery) should be distinguished from the Amendment’s promise (the elimination of the vestiges of slavery). Having accomplished the former, the Amendment has only rarely been extended to the latter.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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