Bibliograph

Freedom's dominion, a saga of white resistance to federal power, Jefferson Cowie

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Freedom's dominion, a saga of white resistance to federal power, Jefferson Cowie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-479) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Freedom's dominion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1351085601

Responsibility statement

Jefferson Cowie

Sub title

a saga of white resistance to federal power

Summary

A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal

Table Of Contents

Introduction: George Wallace and American freedom -- Land. Marshall Crawford's orders ; Land, liberty, and Jackson ; The killing of Hardeman Owens ; The compromise of Francis Scott Key ; Uprising -- Citizenship. Igniting a wall of fire ; "Destroying freedom and liberty" ; The Greeley gamble and the dueling dual legislatures of 1872 ; The white line: afternoon, election day 1874 ; The fate of the scalawag: evening, election day 1874 -- Federal power in repose. The prison mines ; White oligarchy as Jeffersonian democracy ; Lynching as an act of freedom ; A new deal for southside? ; The bourbon from Barbour -- Democracy. The fightin' judge ; The Albert Street club ; From Clayton to the nation ; The SCOPE of freedom ; The vote is not enough ; The northern strategy -- Conclusion

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