Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C.
by
Kate Masur
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative...