An example for all the land [electronic resource] : emancipation and the struggle over equality in Washington, D.C. / Kate Masur.
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TextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.Description: x, 364 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - 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
- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
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- F205.N4 M37 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index.
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.
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