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Author Harris, Duchess, author.

Title The thirteenth amendment and its legacy / by Duchess Harris, JD. PhD. with Samantha S. Bell.

Publication Info. Minnneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, 2020.
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 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 325.26 HAR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 325.2609 HARRIS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 325.26 HARRIS    Check Shelf
Description 48 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm.
Series Freedom's promise
Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
Contents Contents: A letter from Duchess -- Chapter one: A nation divided -- Chapter two: The Emancipation Proclamation -- Chapter three: The fight in Congress -- Chapter four: The loophole -- Chapter five: The war on crime -- Fast facts -- Stop and think -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Learn more -- About the authors -- Index.
Note Core Library. Common Core Standards 3-6
Summary "The Thirteenth Amendment is one of the most important acts in the legal history of the United States. It is often said that the amendment abolished slavery. But its legacy is more complicated than that. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery except as a form of punishment. Southerners seized on this loophole. They unjustly arrested thousands of Black people. Black convicts were forced to do hard, unpaid labor. In this way, slavery was reconstructed in the South..." --Publisher's website.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 1 504728.
Subject Free will and determinism -- Juvenile literature.
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
Free will and determinism. (OCoLC)fst00933968
Slavery -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Constitution. 13th ammendment -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Constitution. (OCoLC)fst01423774
Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. (OCoLC)fst01120540
United States -- Constitution.
Slavery -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01120465
Constitutional amendments. (OCoLC)fst00875758
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Bell, Samantha, author.
ISBN 1532118791 (hardback, library binding)
9781532118791 (hardback, library binding)
9781532172977 (ebook)
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