{"product_id":"born-equal-remaking-americas-constitution-1840-1920-hardcover","title":"Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkhil Reed Amar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of our most prodigious constitutional scholars\" (Jonathan Eig), the definitive history of how the ideal of birth equality reshaped the American Constitution, from antebellum debates over slavery and secession, to the Civil War and emancipation, to women's suffrage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1840, millions of Black Americans groaned in the chains of slavery. By 1920, millions of American men and women of every race had won the vote. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBorn Equal\u003c\/i\u003e, the prizewinning constitutional historian Akhil Reed Amar recounts the dramatic constitutional debates that unfolded across these eight decades, when four glorious amendments abolished slavery, secured Black and female citizenship, and extended suffrage regardless of race or gender. At the heart of this era was the epic and ever-evolving idea that all Americans are created equal. The promise of birth equality sat at the base of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. But in the nineteenth century, remarkable American women and men--especially Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln--elaborated a new vision of what this ideal demanded. Their debates played out from Seneca Falls to the halls of Congress, from Bleeding Kansas to Gettysburg, from Ford's Theater to the White House gates, ultimately transforming the nation and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An ambitious narrative history and a penetrating work of legal and political analysis, \u003ci\u003eBorn Equal\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital new portrait of America's winding road toward equality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkhil Reed Amar \u003c\/b\u003eis the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the author of several books on constitutional law and history, including \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Constitution: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Words That Made Us\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.18 x 9.44 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171731681539,"sku":"9781541605190","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/XdzO4SqLM89781541605190.webp?v=1779177046","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/products\/born-equal-remaking-americas-constitution-1840-1920-hardcover","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}