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Lynch John Roy <1847-1939.>
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Reminiscences of an active life [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of John Roy Lynch / / Edited and with an introduction by John Hope Franklin
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Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (564 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.8/0924 |
973.80924 | |
Soggetto topico: | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
African American politicians - Mississippi | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1865-1900 |
Mississippi Politics and government 1865-1950 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Originally published: University of Chicago Press, 1970. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; 1 His Father's Keeping; 2 Into Bondage Again; 3 The War Came; 4 Confederate Looting; 5 Looking for Employment; 6 In the Photography Business; 7 A Constitution for Mississippi; 8 Justice of the Peace; 9 1869: State Elections and Reorganization; 10 Electing a Legislature; 11 Financing State Reconstruction; 12 Speaker of the House Lynch; 13 1872: Election to Congress; 14 Visit to Saint Louis; 15 1873: Mississippi Senatorial Elections; 16 Governors Alcorn and Ames; 17 The Colored Vote: Mississippi; 18 The Colored Vote: The South |
19 1874: Diminishing Republican Power20 1875: Gloomy Prospects for Reelection; 21 1875: Conversation with the President; 22 1875: Democratic Victory; 23 The Disputed Presidency; 24 1880: Garfield, the Compromise Candidate; 25 1880: The Battle for Reelection; 26 The Vicksburg Postmastership; 27 The Garfield Years; 28 1881: Republican and Greenback Alliance; 29 1882: Party and Election Disputes; 30 1884: Presidential Nominations; 31 1885: The Failure of J. R. Chalmers; 32 Marriage and Divorce; 33 The Cleveland Years: Interracial Marriages; 34 The Harrison Years | |
35 Republican Factionalism and the Problem of Disenfranchisement36 Cleveland's Reelection; 37 Law Firm of Terrell and Lynch; 38 1896: The McKinley Campaign; 39 Contest for Mississippi Delegates; 40 Fighting the Hill Organization; 41 McKinley Appointments: The Postal Service; 42 McKinley Appointments: Army Paymaster Lynch; 43 Keeping in Politics; 44 Controversial Convention Procedures; 45 In Cuba; 46 In Nebraska; 47 In Puerto Rico and San Francisco; 48 In Hawaii and the Philippines; 49 Retirement and Remarriage; 50 Democrats in the South: The Race Question; INDEX | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) came to adulthood during the Reconstruction Era and lived a public-spirited life for over three decades. His autobiography, 'Reminiscences of an Active Life', reflects Lynch's thoughtful and nuanced understanding of the past and of his own experience. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Reminiscences of an active life ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-28242-9 |
9786613282422 | |
1-60473-330-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453870403321 |
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