"Not infamous, nor subject to another man's will" -- "Disqualified in Advance" -- "A Chicken-Stealer Shall Lose His Vote" -- Furtive Offenses and Robust Crimes -- Making New Men: Pardons and Restorations of Citizenship Rights -- Courts, Voting Rights, and Black Protest in the Early 20th Century
Summary
This title uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2014)
