Imperfect Equality African Americans and the Confines of White Ideology in Post-Emancipation Maryland |
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| Author:
| Fuke, Richard |
| Series title: | Reconstructing America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-1963-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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In Imperfect Equality, Richard Fuke has explores the immediate aftermath of slavery in Maryland, which differed in important ways from the slaveholding states of the South: it never left the Union; white radicals had a period of access to power; and even prior to legal emancipation, a large free black population resided there. Moreover, the presence of Baltimore, a major city and port, provided abundant evidence with which to compare the rural and the urban experience of black...
More DescriptionIn Imperfect Equality, Richard Fuke has explores the immediate aftermath of slavery in Maryland, which differed in important ways from the slaveholding states of the South: it never left the Union; white radicals had a period of access to power; and even prior to legal emancipation, a large free black population resided there. Moreover, the presence of Baltimore, a major city and port, provided abundant evidence with which to compare the rural and the urban experience of black Marylanders. This state study is therefore uniquely revealing of the successes and failures of the post-emancipation period.