02777nam 2200637 450 991078781630332120220301212843.00-299-30183-4(CKB)2670000000569603(EBL)3445427(SSID)ssj0001349210(PQKBManifestationID)11870862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349210(PQKBWorkID)11399950(PQKB)11212316(MiAaPQ)EBC3445427(OCoLC)892686692(MdBmJHUP)muse37732(Au-PeEL)EBL3445427(CaPaEBR)ebr10943559(CaONFJC)MIL648067(EXLCZ)99267000000056960320141007h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrA black gambler's world of liquor, vice, and presidential politics William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839-1917 /Bruce L. Mouser ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, JrMadison, Wisconsin :The University of Wisconsin Press,2014.©20141 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-299-30184-2 1-322-16810-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Scott's Foundational Years; Chapter 1. A Gambler's World of Liquor, Vice, and Hometown Politics in the Post-Civil War Era; Chapter 2. Covering His Past with Rebellion and Journalism, the Early 1880's; Chapter 3. Reinvention as a Respectable Democrat, 1884 to 1893; Chapter 4. Scott's Frenetic Decade, 1893 to 1904; Chapter 5. The National Negro Liberty Party and the Debacle of the 1904 Election; Chapter 6. Hard Landing and Slow Recovery in SpringfieldConclusion: More Complicated Than That Notes; Bibliography; IndexAfrican American presidential candidatesBiographyGamblersIllinoisBiographyAfrican AmericansPolitical activityHistory19th centuryIllinoisPolitics and government1865-1950United StatesPolitics and government1901-1909African American presidential candidatesGamblersAfrican AmericansPolitical activityHistory977.3/04092Mouser Bruce L.920535Gates Henry Louis Jr.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787816303321A black gambler's world of liquor, vice, and presidential politics3773767UNINA