Remaking the Republic - Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship

Examining newpsapers, conventions, public protest meetings, and fugitive slave rescues, Christopher James Bonner highlights a spirited debate among African Americans in the nineteenth century, the stakes of which could determine their place in U.S. society and shape the terms of citizenship for all Americans.

Table des matières

Introduction: Making Black Citizenship Politics
Chapter 1. An Integral Portion of This Republic
Chapter 2. "Union Is Strength": Building an American Citizenship
Chapter 3. Nations, Revolutions, and the Borders of Citizenship
Chapter 4. Runaways, or Citizens Claimed as Such
Chapter 5. Contesting the "Foul and Infamous Lie" of Dred Scott
Chapter 6. Black Politics and the Roots of Reconstruction
Epilogue: The Enduring Search for Home
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

A propos de l'auteur

Christopher James Bonner is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland.

Résumé

Examining newpsapers, conventions, public protest meetings, and fugitive slave rescues, Christopher James Bonner highlights a spirited debate among African Americans in the nineteenth century, the stakes of which could determine their place in U.S. society and shape the terms of citizenship for all Americans.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Christopher James Bonner
• Edition: University of pennsylvania pr
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.03.2020
• EAN: 9780812252064
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5206-4
• Pages: 272
• Thèmes: America in the Nineteenth Century; America in the Nineteenth Cent
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays