Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-457) and index.
Contents:
From the turpentine woods -- A new home for an adopted son -- Into the public arena -- The next political campaigns -- The only colored solicitor in America -- The siren's call of the Black Second -- The long road to Congress -- Into Congress : the first term, 1897 -- Facing the lions : reelection to a second term -- The second term in Congress -- The showdown over disfranchisement -- Life after Congress : testing the currents, 1901 -- Dueling editors and a "winged statesman" -- The dream of Whitesboro -- Leaving Washington behind -- Philadelphia and the final years.
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