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Reconstructing democracy : grassroots Black politics in the deep South after the Civil War /
Former slaves, with no prior experience in electoral politics and with few economic resources or little significant social standing, created a sweeping political movement that transformed the South after the Civil War. Within a few short years after emancipation, not only were black men voting but t...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Constructing democracy
- Into the arms of strangers
- Emancipated communities
- New friends
- Maintaining democracy
- "A new machinery of government"
- "True to one another"
- A deep interest in politics
- Constricting democracy
- "Organized terrorism and armed violence"
- Return of oligarchy.