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Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction - Updated Edition

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Princeton Classics

Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction - Updated Edition

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Originally published in 1964, The Struggle for Equality presents an incisive and vivid look at the abolitionist movement and the legal basis it provided to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Pulitzer Prize–winning historian James McPherson explores the role played by rights activists during and after the Civil War, and their evolution from despised fanatics into influential spokespersons for the radical wing of the Republican Party. Asserting that it was not the abolitionists who failed to instill principles of equality, but rather the American people who refused to follow their leadership, McPherson raises questions about the obstacles that have long hindered American reform movements.This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781400852239
Topic
History
Subtopic
American Civil War History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition
  7. Preface
  8. Key to Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. I. The Election of 1860
  11. II. Secession and the Coming of War
  12. III. The Emancipation Issue: 1861
  13. IV. Emancipation and Public Opinion: 1861-1862
  14. V. The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment
  15. VI. The Negro: Innately Inferior or Equal?
  16. VII. Freedmen’s Education: 1861-1865
  17. VIII. The Creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau
  18. IX. Men of Color, to Arms!
  19. X. The Quest for Equal Rights in the North
  20. XI. The Ballot and Land for the Freedmen: 1861-1865
  21. XII. The Reelection of Lincoln
  22. XIII. Schism in the Ranks: 1864-1865
  23. XIV. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction: 1865
  24. XV. The Fourteenth Amendment and the Election of 1866
  25. XVI. Military Reconstruction and Impeachment
  26. XVII. Education and Confiscation: 1865-1870
  27. XVIII. The Climax of the Crusade: the Fifteenth Amendment
  28. Bibliographical Essay
  29. Index