The Trial of Democracy
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The Trial of Democracy

Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Trial of Democracy

Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910

About this book

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 on a permanent basis.

The reforms stirred fierce debates over the political and constitutional value of black suffrage, the legitimacy of racial equality, and the proper sharing of power between the state and federal governments. Unlike most studies of Reconstruction, this book follows these issues into the early twentieth century to examine the impact of the constitutional principles and the rise of Jim Crow. Tying constitutional history to party politics, The Trial of Democracy is a vital contribution to both fields.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Tables
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter One. The Road to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1860-1870
  7. Chapter Two. The Making of Federal Enforcement Laws, 1870-1872
  8. Chapter Three. The Anatomy of Enforcement, 1870-1876
  9. Chapter Four. The Hayes Administration and Black Suffrage, 1876-1880
  10. Chapter Five. The Survival of a Principle, 1880-1888
  11. Chapter Six. The Rise and Fall of Reenforcement, 1888-1891
  12. Epilogue. Equality Deferred, 1892-1910
  13. Appendix One. Enforcement Act of May 31, 1870
  14. Appendix Two. Naturalization Act of July 14, 1870
  15. Appendix Three. Enforcement Act of February 28, 1871
  16. Appendix Four. Enforcement Act of April 20, 1871
  17. Appendix Five. Enforcement Rider in the Civil Appropriation Act of June 10, 1872
  18. Appendix Six. Sections from the Enforcement Acts in the Revised Statutes, Their Repeals, and Amendments
  19. Appendix Seven. Criminal Prosecutions under Enforcement Acts, 1870-1894, by Section and Year
  20. Appendix Eight. Strength Distribution of the Major Parties in the Federal Government, 1861-1909
  21. Abbreviations
  22. Notes
  23. Selected Bibliography
  24. Index