Borden reveals the ways in which many mainstream Protestants worked
to maintain preferential treatment for Christians in common law,
state constitutions, and federal practices, even attempting through
interpretation and amendment to alter the meaning of the U.S.
Constitution. Even though religious freedom was guaranteed by the
constitution in 1788, it took the sustained efforts of vigilant
Jews during the nineteenth century to fulfill the constitution's
promise of religious equality.
Originally published in 1984.
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