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Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872--1901: The Black Second

By Eric Anderson

Book information

Publisher
LSU Press
Year
1980
ISBN
0807107840, 9780807107843
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10752820 bytes)
Pages
384\386
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-07-03 01:56:53
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Description

Eric Anderson clarifies a confusing, uneven period of promise from the emancipation to the disfranchisement of black Americans. He examines regional and national history in his record of one of the most remarkable centers of black political influence in the late nineteenth century--North Carolina's second congressional district. From its creation in 1872 as a result of gerrymandering to its collapse in the extremism of 1900, the "black second" produced increasingly effective black leaders in public office, from postmasters to prosecuting attorneys and congressmen.

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