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Era of the oath; Northern loyalty tests during the Civil War and reconstruction.

Title: Era of the oath; Northern loyalty tests during the Civil War and reconstruction.
Author: Hyman, Harold Melvin, 1924-
Publication: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954.

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229 p. illus.; 24 cm.

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Bibliography: p. [208]-222.

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Introduction : Loyalty on demand -- Congress, cabinet, and civil servants -- The first year : loyalty tests spread -- Loyalty defined : the ironclad test oath -- The key to freedom -- A problem of peace : postwar administration and the test oath -- Congress, the executive, and the test oath -- The personal factor in loyalty oaths -- Vacant chairs in Congress -- Bench, bar, and oath -- The Supreme Court decides -- First breach -- Final repeal -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The August 6, 1861 loyalty oath -- The June 17, 1862 jurors' loyalty oath -- The ironclad test oath of loyalty of July 2, 1862 -- The ironclad test oath applied to attorneys in federal courts, January 24, 1865 -- Table of cases cited -- Bibliography.

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^^^54007108^

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428843
SCSB-9980801

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