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Author Masur, Kate, author.

Title An example for all the land : emancipation and the struggle over equality in Washington, D.C / Kate Masur.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010].
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Everywhere is freedom and everybody free : the capital transformed -- They feel it is their right : freedpeople, reformers, and the demands of citizenship -- Someone must lead the way : creating and claiming civil rights -- First among them is the right of suffrage : the vote and its consequences -- Make haste slowly : the limits of equality -- To save the common property and respectability of all : the rise and fall of the territorial government.
Summary 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.
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Subject African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans.
Washington (D.C.)
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Politics and government.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Suffrage.
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Masur, Kate. Example for all the land. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807834145 (DLC) 2010006643 (OCoLC)542263601
ISBN 9780807899328 (electronic book)
0807899321 (electronic book)
9781469606262 (electronic book)
1469606267 (electronic book)
9780807834145
0807834149