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

Label

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

Title remainder

emancipation and the struggle over equality in Washington, D.C

Statement of responsibility

Kate Masur

Creator

• Masur, Kate

Author

• Masur, Kate

Subject

• African Americans -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
• African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
• History
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
• Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
• African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century

Genre

• History

Language

eng

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

Member of

• UPCC book collections on Project MUSE

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

323.11960730753

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F205.N4

LC item number

M37 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography