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A free man of color and his hotel : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government
- Title
- A free man of color and his hotel : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman.
- Author
- Gelderman, Carol W.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 16-675 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 162 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 19th century
- African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
- African Americans > Government policy > History > 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Washington (D.C.)
- Hotelkeepers > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
- Free African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
- African Americans > Segregation > History > 19th century
- Wormley Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) > Biography
- Wormley, James, 1819-1884
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- What Might Have Been : James Wormley's Life to the Opening of his Eponymous Hotel -- Grant's Second Administration and Needed Reform : The Issue of the 1876 Election and Wormley's Continued Success -- In the Blink of an Eye : Growing and Receding Federal Protection of Civil Rights and Wormley's Generosity in Helping Others of his Race -- Election -- We, the Other People -- Resolution of Election -- States' Rights Ride Supreme and the Closing of the Wormley Hotel -- Epilogue: Then and Now.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-675
- ISBN
- 9781597978330
- 1597978337
- 9781597978347
- 1597978345
- LCCN
- 2011041712
- OCLC
- 733238375
- Author
- Gelderman, Carol W., author.
- Title
- A free man of color and his hotel : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]
- Edition
- First edition
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-675