The Trial of Democracy: Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910

by Xi Wang

Book Overview

After the Civil War, Republicans teamed with activist African Americans to protect black voting rights through innovative constitutional reforms--a radical transformation of southern and national political structures. The Trial of Democracy is a comprehensive analysis of both the forces and mechanisms that led to the implementation of black suffrage and the ultimate failure to maintain a stable northern constituency to support enforcement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820340847
• ISBN13: 9780820340845
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"