Thirteenth Amendment radically shifted freedpeople’s welfare to federal control

Evidence

This was a radical break from the doctrine of states’ rights: It meant Congress and the federal government—not the states—would be in control of the newly freed. It was a departure so revolutionary that it could only have been accomplished through a civil war. In many ways, the Thirteenth Amendment is the hero of the story. Breathtaking seems too mild a word. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 252

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Thirteenth Amendment was a radical federal break from states’ rights; The Thirteenth Amendment was the first to expand federal power over states’ domestic relations — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 255; The Thirteenth Amendment’s drafters intended broad civil-rights power beyond chattel slavery — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 857 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Thirteenth Amendment was a radical federal break from states’ rights; The Thirteenth Amendment was the first to expand federal power over states’ domestic relations — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 255; The Thirteenth Amendment’s drafters intended broad civil-rights power beyond chattel slavery — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 857 (+1 more)