Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.
Contents:
The beginning of the story : black enfranchisement in the antebellum era -- "The minds of blacks are not competent to vote" : racial voting restrictions in New York -- "An asylum for the oppressed injured sons of Europe" : the disenfranchisement of blacks in Pennsylvania -- "Servility is not confined to color" : the disenfranchisement and reenfranchisement of blacks in Rhode Island -- "The vaunted superiority of the white race imposes corresponding duties" : Massachusetts-the "exception" to the rule -- Epilogue reconstructing the two reconstructions : antebellum race formation and the nationalization of party politics.
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