Color-blind justice: Albion Tourgée and the quest for racial equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. Ferguson /
Civil War officer, Reconstruction ""carpetbagger,"" best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights, Albion Tourgee battled his entire life for racial justice. Now, in this engaging biography, Mark Elliott offers an insightful portrait of a fearless lawyer, jurist,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Civil War officer, Reconstruction ""carpetbagger,"" best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights, Albion Tourgee battled his entire life for racial justice. Now, in this engaging biography, Mark Elliott offers an insightful portrait of a fearless lawyer, jurist, and writer, who fought for equality long after most Americans had abandoned the ideals of Reconstruction. Elliott provides a fascinating account of Tourgee's life, from his childhood in the Western Reserve region of Ohio (then a hotbed of abolitionism), to his years as a North Carolina judge during Reconstruction, to. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2006. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 388 pages): illustrations (black and white). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197712221 0197712223 |