A History of the U.S.A.Macmillan, 1974 - 730 pages |
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Page 338
... Negro slavery , but continued to influence attitudes towards the Negro when free . The extension of political democracy culminating during the presidencies of Jackson and Van Buren did not generally bring the vote to the free blacks of ...
... Negro slavery , but continued to influence attitudes towards the Negro when free . The extension of political democracy culminating during the presidencies of Jackson and Van Buren did not generally bring the vote to the free blacks of ...
Page 339
... Negro inferiority . Whites opposed the admission of the Negroes to skilled jobs and equal wages , while the early unions were unwilling to accept Negro members , especially in the face of the additional competition resulting by the ...
... Negro inferiority . Whites opposed the admission of the Negroes to skilled jobs and equal wages , while the early unions were unwilling to accept Negro members , especially in the face of the additional competition resulting by the ...
Page 345
... Negro enlistment , the army , following established policy and in deference to Lincoln's insistence on the need for conciliat- ing the border states and conservative opinion in the North , rejected Negro pleas for military service . The ...
... Negro enlistment , the army , following established policy and in deference to Lincoln's insistence on the need for conciliat- ing the border states and conservative opinion in the North , rejected Negro pleas for military service . The ...
Contents
The Colonial Legacy | 3 |
The Advance of Democracy | 39 |
The Civil War and Reconstruction | 114 |
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