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03689aam a22004938i 4500 001 9608AA2AE96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 180319s2018 enk b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018002423 020 $a 1316604721 020 $a 9781316604724 020 $a 1107150345 020 $a 9781107150348 035 $a (OCoLC)1022080095 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d MYG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF4757 $b .J67 2018 082 00 $a 342.7308/3 $2 23 100 1 $a Jones, Martha S., $e author. 245 10 $a Birthright citizens : $b a history of race and rights in antebellum America / $c Martha S. Jones. 263 $a 1805 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xix, 248 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in legal history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : rights of colored men : debating citizenship in antebellum America -- Being a native, and free born : race and rights in Baltimore -- Threats of removal : colonization, emigration, and the borders of belonging -- Aboard the Constitution : black sailors and citizenship at sea -- The city courthouse : everyday scenes of race and law -- Between the Constitution and the discipline of the church : making congregants citizens -- By virtue of unjust laws : black laws and the reluctant performance of rights -- To sue and be sued : courthouse claims and the contours of citizenship -- Confronting Dred Scott : seeing citizenship from Baltimore City -- Conclusion : rehearsals for Reconstruction : new citizens in a new era -- Epilogue : monuments to men. 520 $a "Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. Still, Martha S. Jones explains, no single case defined their status. Former slaves studied law, secured allies, and conducted themselves like citizens, establishing their status through local, everyday claims. All along they argued that birth guaranteed their rights. With fresh archival sources and an ambitious reframing of constitutional law-making before the Civil War, Jones shows how the Fourteenth Amendment constitutionalized the birthright principle, and black Americans' aspirations were realized. Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Legal status, laws, etc. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Citizenship $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Race discrimination $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799575 650 7 $a African Americans $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799632 650 7 $a Citizenship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861909 650 7 $a Race discrimination $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086474 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Studies in legal history. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116013054.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9608AA2AE96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search