James Milton Turner and the Promise of America - The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader (Paperback)

James Milton Turner, Missouri's most prominent nineteenth-century African American political figure, possessed a deep faith in America. The Civil War, he believed, had purged the land of its sins and allowed the country to realize what had always been its promise: the creation of a social and political environment in which merit, not race, mattered. Born a slave, Turner gained freedom when he was a child and received his education in clandestine St. Louis schools, later briefly attending Oberlin College. A self-taught lawyer, Turner earned a statewide reputation and wielded power far out of proportion to Missouri's relatively small black population. After working nearly a decade in Liberia, Turner never regained the prominence he had enjoyed during Reconstruction.

General

Imprint:	University of Missouri Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Missouri Biography Series
Release date:	December 2020
Authors:	Gary R. Kremer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-8262-2225-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > General
LSN:	0-8262-2225-0
Barcode:	9780826222251

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