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Freedom's dominion : a saga of white resistance to federal power / Jefferson Cowie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowie, Jefferson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Barbour County (Ala.)--Race relations--History.
- Barbour County (Ala.).
- White supremacy movements--United States--History.
- White supremacy movements.
- White supremacy movements--Alabama--Barbour County--History.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Civil rights--Alabama--Barbour County--History.
- Liberty--Political aspects--United States.
- Liberty.
- Liberty--Political aspects--Alabama--Barbour County.
- White people--United States--Attitudes.
- White people.
- Barbour County (Ala.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 497 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2022.
- Contents:
- Introduction: George Wallace and American freedom
- Book one: Land. Marshall Crawford's orders; Land, liberty, and Jackson; The killing of Hardeman Owens; The compromise of Francis Scott Key; Uprising
- Book two: Citizenship. Igniting a wall of fire; "Destroying freedom and liberty"; The Greeley gamble and the dueling dual legislatures of 1872; The white line: afternoon, election day 1874; The fate of the scalawag: evening, election day 1874
- Book three: Federal power in repose. The prison mines; White oligarchy as Jeffersonian democracy; Lynching as an act of freedom; A new deal for southside?; The bourbon from barbour
- Book four: Democracy. The fightin' judge; The albert street club; From clayton to the nation; The SCOPE of freedom; The vote is not enough; The northern strategy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-479) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781541672819 (electronic bk.)
- 154167281X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031496011
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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