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A free man of color and his hotel : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gelderman, Carol W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wormley, James, 1819-1884.
- Wormley, James.
- Free African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Free African Americans.
- African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Hotelkeepers--Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Hotelkeepers.
- Wormley Hotel (Washington, D.C.).
- African Americans--Government policy.
- History.
- African Americans--Segregation.
- Race relations.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Washington (D.C.).
- Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Segregation--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Government policy--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- Combines the story of a famous hotelier, with an exploration of states' rights, citizens' rights, and the federal government; Links states' rights questions of the nineteenth century to Supreme Court decisions in the twentieth century; Reveals the limitations of federal leadership during Reconstruction;
- Contents:
- What Might Have Been : James Wormley's Life to the Opening of his Eponymous Hotel
- Grant's Second Administration and Needed Reform : The Issue of the 1876 Election and Wormley's Continued Success
- In the Blink of an Eye : Growing and Receding Federal Protection of Civil Rights and Wormley's Generosity in Helping Others of his Race
- Election
- We, the Other People
- Resolution of Election
- States' Rights Ride Supreme and the Closing of the Wormley Hotel
- Epilogue: Then and Now.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597978330
- 1597978337
- 9781597978347
- 1597978345
- OCLC:
- 733238375
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