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Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, 1866-1876
The right to keep and bear arms was considered a fundamental right in the original 14 American states from the pre-Revolutionary period through to the ratification of the Second Amendment in the US Constitution in 1791. This book documents the deprivation of this right and its history.
| Author(s) | By Stephen P. Halbrook. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 248 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 30 Nov 1998 |
| Availability | POD |
The right to keep and bear arms was considered a fundamental right in the original 14 American states from the pre-Revolutionary period through to the ratification of the Second Amendment in the US Constitution in 1791. This book documents the deprivation of this right and its history.
Preface The Civil Rights and Freedmen's Bureau Acts and the Proposal of the Fourteenth Amendment Congress Reacts to Southern Rejection of the Fourteenth Amendment The Southern State Constitutional Conventions The Freedmen's Bureau Act Reenacted and th
STEPHEN P. HALBROOK practices law in Fairfax, Virginia. Cases he argued in the U.S. Supreme Court include Printz v. United States (1997). His books include That Every Man Be Armed, Firearms Law Deskbook, and Target Switzerland.
