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.

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

Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In An Example for All the Land, Kate Masur offers the first major study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years. Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over equality. After slavery's demise, the question of racial equality produced a multifaceted debate about who should have which rights and privileges, and in which places. Masur shows that black Washingtonians demanded public respect for their organizations and equa

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index.

ISBN:

9780807899328

0807899321

OCLC:

676697162