03695nam 2200649 a 450 99624790380331620230221213847.01-5017-2153-410.7591/9781501721533(CKB)1000000000396683(dli)HEB02338(SSID)ssj0000084681(PQKBManifestationID)11123703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084681(PQKBWorkID)10169718(PQKB)10510178(OCoLC)795121824(MdBmJHUP)muse69878(DE-B1597)515440(OCoLC)1091663234(DE-B1597)9781501721533(MiAaPQ)EBC31196446(Au-PeEL)EBL31196446(EXLCZ)99100000000039668319880715d1982 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrThe politics of race in New York the struggle for black suffrage in the Civil War era /by Phyllis F. Field1st ed.Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press19821 online resource (264 p. )maps ;Includes index.0-8014-7563-5 0-8014-1408-3 Includes bibliography (p. 251-258) and index.Front matter --PREFACE --CONTENTS --MAPS AND TABLES --1. The Tradition of Discrimination --2. Equal Rights and the Second Party System --3. Partisan Realignment and the Revival of Equal Suffrage --4. Black Suffrage and the Electorate, 186o --5. War, Reconstruction, and the Politics of Race --6. The Popular Verdict on Equal Suffrage, 1869 --Conclusion: Race and Party Politics --APPENDIXES --Bibliography of Primary Sources --IndexBlack suffrage was a crucial and volatile issue in the North during the Civil War era. In The Politics of Race in New York, Phyllis F. Field studies the development of racial policies in the Empire State. Asserting that it is not possible to understand the move toward black suffrage by examining national trends and the actions of individual politicians, she takes a close look at the social context of reform. Field assesses popular reaction to the idea of black suffrage by systematically analyzing the results of a series of referenda on the issue held in New York State between 1846 and 1869. Tracing the relation between changes in public opinion and the positions taken by political parties, Field concludes that party leaders tried both to express the views of their constituents and to mold those views so as to strengthen and unify their own political organizations. Inevitably, this intrusion of political considerations in the issue of race had long-term consequences for the process of social change in the United States. The Politics of Race in New York shows clearly how, in 1870, black suffrage could be achieved even though the battle for black equality had yet to begin.ACLS Humanities E-Book.African AmericansSuffrageNew York (State)VotingNew York (State)History19th centuryNew York (State)Politics and government1775-1865New York (State)Politics and government1865-1950New York (State)Race relationsAfrican AmericansSuffrageVotingHistory323.1/196073/0747Field Phyllis F.1277448American Council of Learned Societies.MiUMiUBOOK996247903803316The politics of race in New York3011064UNISA