Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War
by
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Americans have long regarded the freedom of travel a central tenet of citizenship. Yet, in the United States, freedom of movement has historically been a right reserved for whites. In this book, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor shows that African Americans fought obstructions to their mobility over 100 years...