Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags : The Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction /

After the Civil War, Congress required ten former Confederate states to rewrite their constitutions before they could be readmitted to the Union. An electorate composed of newly enfranchised former slaves, native southern whites (minus significant numbers of disenfranchised former Confederate offici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hume, Richard L.
Other Authors: Gough, Jerry B., 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Radicalism.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Constitutional history.
Constitutional conventions.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siecle.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis (Sud)
Radicalisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Radicalism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Constitutional history > Southern States.
Constitutional conventions > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Racially mixed people > Southern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
African Americans > Southern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Aspect politique > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Southern States > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:After the Civil War, Congress required ten former Confederate states to rewrite their constitutions before they could be readmitted to the Union. An electorate composed of newly enfranchised former slaves, native southern whites (minus significant numbers of disenfranchised former Confederate officials), and a small contingent of "carpetbaggers," or outside whites, sent delegates to ten constitutional conventions. Derogatorily labeled "black and tan" by their detractors, these assemblies wrote constitutions and submitted them to Congress and to the voters in their respectiv.
Physical Description:1 online resource (552 pages): illustrations, maps, portraits
ISBN:9780807134702

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