A Look at the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments: Slavery Abolished, Equal Protection Established

by John Richard Conway

Conway traces the evolution of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments that abolished slavery and gave African-American males citizenship in 1865. From their roots in the history of slavery through the controversial 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case through the bloody battles of the American Civil War, Conway carries the reader on a step-by-step journey and provides context that surrounds these vital, important and fundamental...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598450700
• ISBN13: 9781598450705
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9