An Example for All the Land : Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. /

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Masur offers the first major study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years. Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over equality.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Masur, Kate (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
African Americans > Suffrage.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Noirs americains > Suffrage > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Washington (D.C.) > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African Americans > Suffrage > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > Administration > 19e siecle.
Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Everywhere is freedom and everybody free : the capital transformed
  • They feel it is their right : freedpeople, reformers, and the demands of citizenship
  • Someone must lead the way : creating and claiming civil rights
  • First among them is the right of suffrage : the vote and its consequences
  • Make haste slowly : the limits of equality
  • To save the common property and respectability of all : the rise and fall of the territorial government.

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