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The First Reconstruction - Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War (Paperback)
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The First Reconstruction - Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War (Paperback)
Series: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
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It may be difficult to imagine that a consequential black electoral
politics evolved in the United States before the Civil War, for as
of 1860, the overwhelming majority of African Americans remained in
bondage. Yet free black men, many of them escaped slaves, steadily
increased their influence in electoral politics over the course of
the early American republic. Despite efforts to disfranchise them,
black men voted across much of the North, sometimes in numbers
sufficient to swing elections. In this meticulously-researched
book, Van Gosse offers a sweeping reappraisal of the formative era
of American democracy from the Constitution's ratification through
Abraham Lincoln's election, chronicling the rise of an organized,
visible black politics focused on the quest for citizenship, the
vote, and power within the free states. Full of untold stories and
thorough examinations of political battles, this book traces a
First Reconstruction of black political activism following
emancipation in the North. From Portland, Maine and New Bedford,
Massachusetts to Brooklyn and Cleveland, black men operated as
voting blocs, denouncing the notion that skin color could define
citizenship.
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