The Politics of Black Citizenship
Author | : Andrew K. Diemer |
Publisher | : Race in the Atlantic World, 17 |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 0820349372 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780820349374 |
Rating | : 4/5 (374 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Politics of Black Citizenship written by Andrew K. Diemer and published by Race in the Atlantic World, 17. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering Baltimore and Philadelphia as part of the Mid-Atlantic borderland, Diemer shows that the antebellum effort to secure the rights of American citizenship was central to black politics as it exploited the ambiguities of citizenship and negotiated the complex national, state, and local politics in which that concept was determined.