Urban emancipation : popular politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860-1890 / Michael W. Fitzgerald.

Author/creator Fitzgerald, Michael W., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxvi, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Republican Party (Ala.)--History. --19th century.
African Americans--Alabama. --Mobile. --Politics and government. --19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama. --Mobile.
African American leadership--Alabama. --Mobile. --History. --19th century.
African American politicians--Alabama. --Mobile. --History. --19th century.
Mobile (Ala.)--Race relations.
Mobile (Ala.)--Politics and government. --19th century.

Contents An influx of "ignorant country darkies" : war and emancipation in Mobile -- None but colored men : the Mobile Nationalist and the dilemmas of interracial activism -- The most influential people : suffrage, class, and factionalism -- The fruits of sagacity : race, business, and the radical ascendancy -- The mainspring of it all : the racial politics of federal employment -- Let us serve the rich : black politics in an era of diminishing prospects.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index.
LCCN 2002009885
ISBN0807128074 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807128376 (pbk. : alk. paper)