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Pleas and petitions : Hispano politics and legislative conflict in territorial Colorado / Virginia Sánchez ; foreword by Ken Salazar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanchez, Virginia, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--History--19th century.
- Hispanic American legislators.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--History--19th century.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Social conditions--19th century.
- Racism--Colorado--History--19th century.
- Racism.
- Colorado--Politics and government--To 1876.
- Colorado.
- Colorado--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville : University Press of Colorado, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Sheds new light on political obstacles, cultural conflicts, and institutional racism experienced by Hispano legislators in the wake of legal establishment of the Territory of Colorado. Reexamines the transformation of some 7,000 Hispano settlers from citizens of New Mexico Territory to citizens of the newly formed Territory"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Competing claims on the land
- Preparing a territory
- Lack of due process
- Protection by soldiers and militiamen
- Conejos Indian Agency
- Manifestations of intimidation
- Pleas and petitions
- Statehood initiatives
- Continued obstacles
- Shaping views via news reporting
- A violent territory
- Historic trauma in the loss of land
- Conclusion : getting past prejudice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 12, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9781607329145
- 160732914X
- OCLC:
- 1145419881
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