An example for all the land : emancipation and the struggle over equality in Washington, D.C. / Kate Masur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masur, Kate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--19th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

African Americans--Suffrage--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Politics and government.

African Americans--Suffrage.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

x, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction

Everywhere is freedom and everybody free : the capital transformed

They feel it is their right : freedpeople, reformers, and the demands of citizenship

Someone must lead the way : creating and claiming civil rights

First among them is the right of suffrage : the vote and its consequences

Make haste slowly : the limits of equality

To save the common property and respectability of all : the rise and fall of the territorial government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807834145

0807834149

OCLC:

542263601