The first Reconstruction : Black politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War / Van Gosse.

Author
Gosse, Van [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Description
1 online resource

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Series
  • John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture [More in this series]
  • The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Summary note
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. 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 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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on print version record.
ISBN
  • 9781469660127 (electronic bk.)
  • 1469660121 (electronic bk.)
LCCN
2020018437
OCLC
1229125642
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