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Sowing the wind : the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890
- Title
- Sowing the wind : the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890 / Dorothy Overstreet Pratt.
- Author
- Pratt, Dorothy O., 1949-
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 294 pages : portraits, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In 1890, Mississippi called a convention to rewrite its constitution. That convention became the singular event that marked the state's transition from the nineteenth century to the twentieth and set the path for the state for decades to come. The primary purpose of the convention was to disfranchise African American voters as well as some poor whites. The result was a document that transformed the state for the next century. [This book] traces the decision to call that convention, examines the delegates' decisions, and analyzes the impact of their new constitution. [The author] argues the constitution produced a new social structure, which pivoted the state's culture from a class-based system to one centered upon race. Though state leaders had not anticipated this change, they were savvy in their manipulation of the issues. The new constitution effectively filled the goal of disfranchisement. Moreover, unlike the constitutions of many other southern states, it held up against attack for over seventy years. It also hindered the state socially and economically well into the twentieth century."--
- Subjects
- Mississippi
- Mississippi > Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional history
- Mississippi > Constitutional Convention > (1890)
- African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > 19th century > History
- Politics and government
- Constitutional conventions > Mississippi
- Mississippi > Politics and government > 1865-1950
- Constitutional history > Mississippi
- 1865-1950
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction and Overview -- The Bourbon Elites -- Opposition to the Bourbons -- Calling the Convention -- The Convention Debates the Franchise -- The Convention Adopts the Understanding Clause -- The Convention Considers Reform Agendas -- The Convention Exposes Class Divisions -- Defending the New Constitution in Congress -- Defending the New Constitution in the Federal Courts -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-11
- ISBN
- 9781496815460
- 1496815467
- LCCN
- 2017026732
- OCLC
- 989811379
- Author
- Pratt, Dorothy O., 1949- author.
- Title
- Sowing the wind : the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1890 / Dorothy Overstreet Pratt.
- Publisher
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1950
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-11