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Author:

Bonner, Christopher James author.

Title:

Remaking the Republic : black politics and the creation of American citizenship / Christopher James Bonner.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

246 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
Citizenship--United States--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Citizenship.
United States.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"This is a book in African American history. It is about African Americans' efforts to define citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States. The definition of citizenship in the Constitution is vague, and African Americans used that ambiguity to claim specific rights, thereby crafting the definition of citizenship for all Americans"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

America in the nineteenth century

ISBN:

0812252063
9780812252064

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1117315020

LCCN:

2019049836

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)