Record Nr.

UNINA9910463666003321

Autore

McPherson James M.

Titolo

The struggle for equality : abolitionists and the negro in the Civil War and reconstruction / / by James M. McPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014
©2014

ISBN

0-691-04566-6

1-4008-5223-4

Edizione

[Updated edition with a New Preface]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (874 p.)

Collana

Princeton Classics ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

McPhersonJames M

Disciplina

322.440973

Soggetti

Abolitionists

African Americans - History - 1863-1877

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON CLASSICS EDITION -- PREFACE -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE ELECTION OF 1860 -- II. SECESSION AND THE COMING OF WAR -- III. THE EMANCIPATION ISSUE: 1861 -- IV. EMANCIPATION AND PUBLIC OPINION: 1861-1862 -- V. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT -- VI. THE NEGRO: INNATELY INFERIOR OR EQUAL? -- VII. FREEDMEN'S EDUCATION, 1861-1865 -- VIII. THE CREATION OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU -- IX. MEN OF COLOR , TO ARMS! -- X. THE QUEST FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE NORTH -- XI. THE BALLOT AND LAND FOR THE FREEDMEN: 1861-1865 -- XII. THE REELECTION OF LINCOLN -- XIII. SCHISM IN THE RANKS: 1864-1865 -- XIV. ANDREW JOHNSON AND RECONSTRUCTION: 1865 -- XV. THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND THE ELECTION OF 1866 -- XVI. MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPEACHMENT -- XVII. EDUCATION AND CONFISCATION: 1865-1870 -- XVIII. THE CLIMAX OF THE CRUSADE: THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1964, The Struggle for Equality presents an

incisive and vivid look at the abolitionist movement and the legal basis it provided to the civil rights movement of the 1960's. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson explores the role played by rights activists during and after the Civil War, and their evolution from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican Party. Asserting that it was not the abolitionists who failed to instill principles of equality, but rather the American people who refused to follow their leadership, McPherson raises questions about the obstacles that have long hindered American reform movements. This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.