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

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index Notes English Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016) Subject African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Suffrage Politics and government SUBJECT Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century Subject Washington (D.C.) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010006643 ISBN 9780807899328 0807899321 9781469606262 1469606267

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