“To This Tribunal the Freedman Has Turned”: The Freedmen’sBureau’s Judicial Powers and the Origins of the FourteenthAmendment

Authors

Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Pablo J. Davis

Keywords

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment, Due process of law

Abstract

The article explores the U.S. Freedmen's Bureau as a significant part of the context of the Fourteenth Amendment's enactment by looking at the Bureau's judicial powers, and their grant, exercise, and political effects.

Repository Citation

Hon. Bernice B. Donald and Pablo J. Davis, “To This Tribunal the Freedman Has Turned”: The Freedmen’sBureau’s Judicial Powers and the Origins of the FourteenthAmendment, 79 La. L. Rev. (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol79/iss1/6