The Trial of Democracy: Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910University of Georgia Press, 2012 M01 15 - 480 páginas After the Civil War, Republicans teamed with activist African Americans to protect black voting rights through innovative constitutional reforms--a radical transformation of southern and national political structures. The Trial of Democracy is a comprehensive analysis of both the forces and mechanisms that led to the implementation of black suffrage and the ultimate failure to maintain a stable northern constituency to support enforcement on a permanent basis. The reforms stirred fierce debates over the political and constitutional value of black suffrage, the legitimacy of racial equality, and the proper sharing of power between the state and federal governments. Unlike most studies of Reconstruction, this book follows these issues into the early twentieth century to examine the impact of the constitutional principles and the rise of Jim Crow. Tying constitutional history to party politics, The Trial of Democracy is a vital contribution to both fields. |
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... James P. Shenton a special debt for his inspiring graduate seminar, where the original idea of this manuscript was conceived and formulated. Two other members of the dissertation committee, Charles V. Hamilton and Patricia Williams ...
... James E. Sefton's study demonstrates the difficulties of actual implementation of military enforcement in the South.13 The most solid and perceptive account of enforcement between 1869 and 1879 is given by William Gillette, who ...
... James M. Ashley, a radical Republican from Ohio who would play a leading role in advocating black suffrage later, argued that the Republican party was a “party of freedom” and recognized “the natural right of every human being.”3 Lydia ...
... James M. Ashley of Ohio, a radical Republican in the House, made the first effort to include black suffrage in the agenda of Reconstruction. In a reconstruction bill presented in December 1863, Ashley proposed that all male citizens ...
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Chapter Two The Making of Federal Enforcement Laws 18701872 | 49 |
Chapter Three The Anatomy of Enforcement 18701876 | 93 |
Chapter Four The Hayes Administration and Black Suffrage 18761880 | 134 |
Chapter Five The Survival of a Principle 18801888 | 180 |
Chapter Six The Rise and Fall of Reenforcement 18881891 | 216 |
Epilogue Equality Deferred 18921910 | 253 |
Appendix One Enforcement Act of May 31 1870 | 267 |
Appendix Four Enforcement Act of April 20 1871 | 288 |
Appendix Five Enforcement Rider in the Civil Appropriation Act of June 10 1872 | 292 |
Appendix Six Sections from the Enforcement Acts in the Revised Statutes Their Repeals and Amendments | 294 |
Appendix Seven Criminal Prosecutions under Enforcement Acts 18701894 by Section and Year | 300 |
Appendix Eight Strength Distribution of the Major Parties in the Federal Government 18611909 | 302 |
Abbreviations | 303 |
Notes | 305 |
Selected Bibliography | 375 |
Appendix Two Naturalization Act of July 14 1870 | 275 |
Appendix Three Enforcement Act of February 28 1871 | 278 |
Index | 397 |
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The Trial of Democracy: Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910 Xi Wang Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
The Trial of Democracy: Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910 Wang, Xi Vista previa limitada - 1997 |