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

ISBN-13: 9780415956963 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 253 str.

C. Malone; Jr. Christopher Malone

Opis

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 between the drafting of the Constitution, and the end of the Civil War.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Beginning of the Story: Black Enfranchisement in the Antebellum Era  2. 'The Mind of Blacks are Not Competent to Vote': Racial Voting Restrictions in New York  3. 'An Asylum for the Oppressed Injured Sons of Europe': Disenfranchisement in Pennsylvania  4. 'Servility is Not Confined to Color': Disenfranchisement and Re-Enfranchisement in Rhode Island  5. 'The Vaunted Superiority of the White Race Imposes Corresponding Duties': Massachusetts and Black Enfranchisement - the "Exception" to the Rule  6. Epilogue: Reconstructing the Two Reconstructions: Race Formation in the Antebellum North and the Nationalization of Party Politics

O autorze

Christopher Malone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Pace University.