The Forgotten Emancipator. James Mitchell Ashley and the Ideological Origins of Reconstruction, Hardback/Rebecca E. Zietlow

Zietlow uses the life of James Mitchell Ashley as a unique lens through which to explore the ideological origins of Reconstruction, the political antislavery movement, and the constitutional changes wrought in this era. For scholars of nineteenth-century history, as well as the history of American slavery, abolition, and emancipation. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Rebecca E. Zietlow Number of pages: 212 Collection: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 20 Cover type: Hardback