Democracy Reborn : The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America

Describes the fierce battle that erupted in post-Civil War America over the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the implications of the revolutionary addition to the U.S. Constitution, and the colorful cast of characters involved--including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and others. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.