At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstructi

At Freedom's Door rescues from obscurity the identities, images, and long-term contributions of black leaders who helped to rebuild and reform South Carolina after the Civil War. In seven essays, the contributors to the volume explore the role of African Americans in government and law during Reconstruction in the Palmetto State. Bringing into focus a legacy not fully recognized, the contributors collectively demonstrate the legal acumen displayed by prominent African Americans and the impact these individuals had on the enactment of substantial constitutional reforms--many of which, though abandoned after Reconstruction, would be resurrected in the twentieth century.


Author: James Lowell Underwood, W. Lewis Burke
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 05/05/2005
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781570035869
About the Author
W. Lewis Burke is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina. He is the coeditor of Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy and the author of many articles on legal history. Burke also lives in Columbia.