A Free Man of Color and His Hotel: Race, Reconstruction, and the Role of the Federal Government

by Carol Gelderman

A Free Man of Color and His Hotel weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post-Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states' desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C., James Wormley worked as a hacker in his father's livery stable there and as a steward on Mississippi River steamboats before establishing his own catering and boardinghouse businesses. During a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597978337
• ISBN13: 9781597978330
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"