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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Dictionary Catalog of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Author: Brown University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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The First Reconstruction
Author: Van GossePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469660113
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 759
Book Description
It may be difficult to imagine that a consequential black electoral politics evolved in the United States before the Civil War, for 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 electoral politics over the course of the early American republic. Despite efforts to disfranchise them, black men voted across much of the North, sometimes in numbers sufficient to swing elections. In this meticulously-researched book, Van Gosse offers a sweeping reappraisal of the formative era of American democracy from the Constitution's ratification through Abraham Lincoln's election, chronicling the rise of an organized, visible black politics focused on the quest for citizenship, the vote, and power within the free states. Full of untold stories and thorough examinations of political battles, this book traces a First Reconstruction of black political activism following emancipation in the North. From Portland, Maine and New Bedford, Massachusetts to Brooklyn and Cleveland, black men operated as voting blocs, denouncing the notion that skin color could define citizenship.
Author/title Catalog of Americana, 1493-1860, in the William L. Clements Library
Author: William L. Clements LibraryPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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New-Harmony Gazette
Author: American Bibliography: 1799-1800. By C. K. Shipton
Author: Charles EvansPublisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
American Bibliography
Author: Charles W. EvansPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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