Between Freedom and Bondage: Race, Party, and Voting Rights in the Antebellum North

by Christopher Malone

Book Overview

Between Freedom and Bondage looks at the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the four states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as examples. In each of these states, a different outcome was obtained for blacks in their quest to share the vote. By analyzing the various outcomes of state struggles, Malone offers a framework for understanding and explaining how the issue of voting rights for blacks unfolded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415956978
• ISBN13: 9780415956970
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"