Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition

by Stephen P. Halbrook

Unique and well-researched, this study concentrates on the right to keep and bear arms and analyzes the incorporation of the Bill of Rights into the Fourteenth Amendment. Examining the history of the recognition of the right of freedmen to keep and bear arms in the period between 1866 and 1876, this comprehensive volume analyzes the extent to which American political society was willing to secure the same civil rights to all without regard to race or previous condition of slavery.

Genres: History

241 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Carolina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Halbrook provides a very detailed account of the intentions and understandings surrounding the issue of the right of citizens to bear arms in the Reconstruction period of American history. However, the book lacks updated discussion of District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, both of which have had a huge impact on the incorporation of Second Amendment rights and demand explanation that Halbrook's 2010 updated edition of Securing Civil Rights does not provide. Read my full review here: https://carolinavonkampen.com/securin...