The Development of the Idea of Negro Suffrage (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Development of the Idea of Negro Suffrage It is especially interesting to notice the status of the negro in the early history of this nation, when as yet he was of neither great commercial nor social importance to our forefathers, and then to follow, as Well as historical records will permit, those tendencies Wth finally ended constitutionally in the Fifteenth Amendment. This, in brief, is the line or interest which shall here he followed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Race, Class and Party


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African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850–1920


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Rosalyn Terborg-Penn draws from original documents to take a comprehensive look at the African American women who fought for the right to vote. She analyzes the women's own stories, and examines why they joined and how they participated in the U.S. women's suffrage movement.