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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 [electronic resource] : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman.
Author
Gelderman, Carol W.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 162 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Free man of color and his hotel (Online)
Alternative Title
Free man of color and his hotel (Online)
Subject
  • Wormley, James, 1819-1884
  • Wormley Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
  • Free African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
  • African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
  • Hotelkeepers > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Washington (D.C.)
  • African Americans > Segregation > History > 19th century
  • African Americans > Government policy > History > 19th century
  • Washington (D.C.) > Biography
  • Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
LCCN
2011041712
OCLC
ssj0000635491
Author
Gelderman, Carol W.
Title
A free man of color and his hotel [electronic resource] : race, Reconstruction, and the role of the federal government / Carol Gelderman.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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