Reminiscences of an active life : the autobiography of John Roy Lynch / Edited and with an introduction by John Hope Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939.

Series:

Negro American biographies and autobiographies.

Negro American biographies and autobiographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939.

Lynch, John Roy.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

African American politicians--Mississippi--Biography.

African American politicians.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.

United States.

Mississippi--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Mississippi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Originally published: University of Chicago Press, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-28242-9

9786613282422

1-60473-330-6

OCLC:

317403670