Law

The Emancipation Proclamation at 150 years

ABSTRACT

This conference discussed the meaning and significance of the Emancipation Proclamation, on the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln's great act. Many believe that the Emancipation Proclamation has a special Constitutional relationship and is worthy of high status. This conference sought to understand whether this view is justified and why.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Farrand, Max, eds. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume II, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911.

Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393  (United States Supreme Court 1856). http://laws.findlaw.com/us/60/393.html (accessed Sept. 24, 2009).

Farrand, Max, eds. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume I, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911.

Kurland, Philip B. and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution, Volume I: Major Themes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.

The Prize Cases, 1 Taney, R. B. (67 U.S. 635 1863).

Ex Parte McCardle, 1 Taney, R.B. (74 U.S. 506 1869).

Calhoun, John C. Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun. Edited by Ross Lence. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1992.

Davis, David. “Ex Parte Milligan Supreme Court Decision.” TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=2209 (July 17, 2012).

Davis, Jefferson. The Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume IX. Edited by Lynda L. Crist, Mary S. Dix and Kenneth H. Williams. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.

Douglass, Frederick. “Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand.” Douglass’ Monthly (September 1861): 2.

Garrison, William Lloyd. “Defense of Lincoln.” The Liberator (May 20, 1864): 1.

Garrison, William Lloyd. “On the Constitution and the Union.” The Liberator 2, no. 52 (December 29 1832): 2.

Grant, Ulysses S. The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume IX. Edited by John Y. Simon. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.

Guelzo, Allen C. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Lee, Robert E. “Letter from Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, January 10, 1863.” Ohio State University. http://ehistory.osu.edu/sources/recordView.cfm?Content=031/1085 (October 11, 2012).

Lincoln, Abraham. “Fourth Annual Message, December 6, 1864.” The American Presidency Project at University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29505 (accessed July 23, 2013).

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume IV. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume V. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume VI. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume VII. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume III. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume II. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.

Owens, Mackubin T. “Emancipation as Political-Military Strategy.” Ashland University. http://ashbrook.org/publications/oped-owens-07-emancipation/ (October 11, 2012).

Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. New York: D. Appleton, 1891.

Taney, R. B. “Ex Parte Merryman Court Decision.” TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=442 (July 17, 2012).

Vallandigham, Clement. The Record of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham on Abolition, the Union and the Civil War. Cincinnati: J. Walter and Co., 1863.

Webster, Daniel and Robert Hayne. The Webster-Hayne Debate on the Nature of the Constitution: Selected Documents. Edited by Herman Belz. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2000.