The struggle for equality : abolitionists and the negro in the Civil War and reconstruction / by James M. McPherson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPherson, James M., author.

Contributor:

McPherson, James M.

Series:

Princeton classics.

Princeton Classics ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abolitionists.

African Americans--History--1863-1877.

African Americans.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Enslaved persons.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (874 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition with a New Preface

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1964, The Struggle for Equality presents an incisive and vivid look at the abolitionist movement and the legal basis it provided to the civil rights movement of the 1960's. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson explores the role played by rights activists during and after the Civil War, and their evolution from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican Party. Asserting that it was not the abolitionists who failed to instill principles of equality, but rather the American people who refused to follow their leadership, McPherson raises questions about the obstacles that have long hindered American reform movements. This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON CLASSICS EDITION

PREFACE

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE ELECTION OF 1860

II. SECESSION AND THE COMING OF WAR

III. THE EMANCIPATION ISSUE: 1861

IV. EMANCIPATION AND PUBLIC OPINION: 1861-1862

V. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

VI. THE NEGRO: INNATELY INFERIOR OR EQUAL?

VII. FREEDMEN'S EDUCATION, 1861-1865

VIII. THE CREATION OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU

IX. MEN OF COLOR , TO ARMS!

X. THE QUEST FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN THE NORTH

XI. THE BALLOT AND LAND FOR THE FREEDMEN: 1861-1865

XII. THE REELECTION OF LINCOLN

XIII. SCHISM IN THE RANKS: 1864-1865

XIV. ANDREW JOHNSON AND RECONSTRUCTION: 1865

XV. THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND THE ELECTION OF 1866

XVI. MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPEACHMENT

XVII. EDUCATION AND CONFISCATION: 1865-1870

XVIII. THE CLIMAX OF THE CRUSADE: THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691045665

0691045666

9781400852239

1400852234

OCLC:

892799882