The abolition movement and the problem of the Constitution
Antislavery politics and the problem of the Constitution
The Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, and the problem of the Constitution
Mutual misconceptions
The Seward amendment
The Corwin amendment
Reaching across the abyss
The unfazed and the alarmed
The amendment assessed
Congress acts
The president speaks
The ratification fizzle
Epilogue one. James M. Ashley and the Thirteenth Amendment
Epilogue two. John A. Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment.