American by birth : Wong Kim Ark and the battle for citizenship /

American by birth : Wong Kim Ark and the battle for citizenship / Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov.

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"In his infamous opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Chief Justice Taney had denied that any American descended from Africans, whether free or slave, could claim citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause repudiated this principle. The Fourteenth Amendment's conne...

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Main Authors: Nackenoff, Carol (Author), Novkov, Julie, 1966- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Subjects:
Wong, Kim Ark, > 1873- > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Citizenship > United States.
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Asian Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Chinese Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Citizenship.
Emigration and immigration law.
United States.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.

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