| The Right to Vote: Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment Contributor(s): Gillette, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 142143234X ISBN-13: 9781421432342 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - History | United States - 19th Century - Science | Earth Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study covers the immediate background, passage, and ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Gillette contends that the Fifteenth Amendment was intended to give voting rights to African Americans in the north, sidelining those in the south. African American suffrage, in other words, had the pragmatic effect of bringing power to the Republicans of the north. In short, the Fifteenth Amendment was not a radical document but rather was pushed by Republican moderates in an effort to consolidate their power. |