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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814039803321

Autore

Wang Xi <1955->

Titolo

The trial of democracy : Black suffrage and northern Republicans, 1860-1910 / / Xi Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens [Ga.] : , : University of Georgia Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-283-61287-9

9786613925329

0-8203-4206-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 411 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in the legal history of the South

Disciplina

324.6/2/08996073

Soggetti

African Americans - Suffrage - History

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

United States Politics and government 1865-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Road to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1860-1870 -- Chapter Two. The Making of Federal Enforcement Laws, 1870-1872 -- Chapter Three. The Anatomy of Enforcement, 1870-1876 -- Chapter Four. The Hayes Administration and Black Suffrage, 1876-1880 -- Chapter Five. The Survival of a Principle, 1880-1888 -- Chapter Six. The Rise and Fall of Reenforcement, 1888-1891 -- Epilogue. Equality Deferred, 1892-1910 -- Appendix One. Enforcement Act of May 31, 1870 -- Appendix Two. Naturalization Act of July 14, 1870 -- Appendix Three. Enforcement Act of February 28, 1871 -- Appendix Four. Enforcement Act of April 20, 1871 -- Appendix Five. Enforcement Rider in the Civil Appropriation Act of June 10, 1872 -- Appendix Six. Sections from the Enforcement Acts in the Revised Statutes, Their Repeals, and Amendments -- Appendix Seven. Criminal Prosecutions under Enforcement Acts, 1870-1894, by Section and Year -- Appendix Eight. Strength Distribution of the Major Parties in the Federal Government, 1861-1909 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J



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Sommario/riassunto

Following the Civil War, Republicans teamed with activist African Americans to protect Black voting rights through constitutional reform. This work looks at the forces and mechanisms which led to Black suffrage, and follows the issues into the early 20th century.