The first Reconstruction : black politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War /

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It may be difficult to imagine that a consequential electoral black politics evolved in the United States before the Civil War--as of 1860, the overwhelming majority of African Americans remained in bondage. Yet free black men, many of them escaped slaves, steadily increased their influence in U.S....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gosse, Van (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Colección:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Temas:
To 1899
African Americans > Politics and government > 18th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > History > To 1863.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1863.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African Americans
African Americans > Politics and government
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Our Appeal for a Republican Birthright: The Ideology of Black Republicanism before the Civil War
  • PART I. Caste versus Citizenship in Pennsylvania
  • Citizens for Protection: The Shadow Politics of Greater Philadelphia, 1780-1842
  • A Large Body of Negro Votes Have Controlled the Late Election: Black Politics in Pennsylvania, 1790-1838
  • Coda: The Pennsylvania Default
  • PART II. The New England Redoubt
  • All the Black Men Vote for Mr. Otis: Nonracial Politics in the Yankee Republic, 1778-1830
  • The Colored Men of Portland Have Always Enjoyed All Their Rights: The Politics of Respect
  • The Very Sebastopol of Niggerdom: Measuring Black Power in New Bedford
  • We Are True Whigs: Reconstruction in Rhode Island
  • Coda: The New England Impasse
  • PART III. The New York Battleground
  • Negroes Have Votes as Good as Yours or Mine: Coming to Grips in New York, 1777-1821
  • We Think for Ourselves: Making the Battleground, 1822-1846
  • Consult the Genius of Expediency: Approaching Power, 1847-1860
  • Coda: Losing and Winning in the Empire State
  • PART IV. A Salient on the West
  • We Do Not Care How Black He Is: Ohio's Black Republicans
  • Coda: Ohio, Flanked
  • Conclusion: Going to War
  • Appendix: Black Leaders and Their Electorates.

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