Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Zietlow uses Ashley's life as a unique lens thr…
Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Zietlow uses Ashley's life as a unique lens thr…
Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Rebecca E. Zietlow uses Ashley's life as a uniq…
James Ashley, the forgotten emancipator -- Antislavery constitutionalism and the meaning of freedom -- Free labor and wage slavery: the labor and antislavery movements -- Ashley's egalitarian free labor vision -- Ashley in Congress, 1859-1863 -- The Thirteenth Amendment and a ne…
Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Rebecca E. Zietlow uses Ashley's life as a uniq…
Congressman James M. Ashley, a member of the House of Representatives from 1858 to 1868, and was the main sponsor of the Thirteenth Amendment to the American Constitution, which declared the institution of slavery unconstitutional. Zietlow uses Ashley's life as a unique lens thr…
Zietlow explores the ideological origins of Reconstruction and the constitutional changes in this era through the life of James Ashley.