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An Example for All the Land - Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. (Paperback, New edition)
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An Example for All the Land - Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. (Paperback, New edition)
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In An Example for All the Land, Kate Masur offers the first major
study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years.
Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city
politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of
Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over
equality. After slavery's demise, the question of racial equality
produced a multifaceted debate about who should have which rights
and privileges, and in which places. Masur shows that black
Washingtonians demanded public respect for their organizations and
equal access to streetcars, public schools, the vote, and municipal
employment. Congressional Republicans, in turn, passed local
legislation that made the capital the nation's vanguard of racial
equality, drawing the attention of woman suffragists hoping for
similar experiments in women's rights. But a conservative coalition
soon mobilized and, in the name of reform and modernization, sought
to undermine African Americans' newfound influence in local
affairs. In a stunning reversal, Congress then abolished local
self-government, making the capital an exemplar of disfranchisement
amid a national debate about the dangers of democracy. Combining
political, social, and legal history, Masur reveals Washington as a
laboratory for social policy at a pivotal moment in American
history and brings the question of equality to the forefront of
Reconstruction scholarship.
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