Trial of Democracy : Black Suffrage and Northern Republicans, 1860-1910.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Road to the Fifteenth Amendment, 1860-1870 -- Chapter Two. The Making of Federal Enforcement Laws, 1870-1872 -- Chapter Three. The Anatomy of Enforcement, 1870-1876 -- Chapter Four. The Hayes Administration and Black Suffrage, 1876-1880 -- Chapter Five. The Survival of a Principle, 1880-1888 -- Chapter Six. The Rise and Fall of Reenforcement, 1888-1891 -- Epilogue. Equality Deferred, 1892-1910 -- Appendix One. Enforcement Act of May 31, 1870 -- Appendix Two. Naturalization Act of July 14, 1870 -- Appendix Three. Enforcement Act of February 28, 1871 -- Appendix Four. Enforcement Act of April 20, 1871 -- Appendix Five. Enforcement Rider in the Civil Appropriation Act of June 10, 1872 -- Appendix Six. Sections from the Enforcement Acts in the Revised Statutes, Their Repeals, and Amendments -- Appendix Seven. Criminal Prosecutions under Enforcement Acts, 1870-1894, by Section and Year -- Appendix Eight. Strength Distribution of the Major Parties in the Federal Government, 1861-1909 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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