Remaking the Republic : black politics and the creation of American citizenship / Christopher James Bonner.

"This is a book in African American history. It is about African Americans' efforts to define citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States. The definition of citizenship in the Constitution is vague, and African Americans used that ambiguity to claim specific rights, thereby crafting the defi...

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Main Author: Bonner, Christopher James (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Series:America in the nineteenth century.
Subjects:
African Americans > Political activity > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 19th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Citizenship.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:246 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"This is a book in African American history. It is about African Americans' efforts to define citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States. The definition of citizenship in the Constitution is vague, and African Americans used that ambiguity to claim specific rights, thereby crafting the definition of citizenship for all Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:E185.18 .B65 2020
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812252064
0812252063